Phartycr0c Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I follow a group called WW2 radio on Facebook it is an interesting page full of second world war images and articles. Today this page popped up and i thought it may provide a little interest to the LSP massive. Apologies to those who dont "indulge" in the time vampire that is facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/posts/2038547429724576 MikeMaben and RLWP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Thanks for sharing. Apart from anything else you don't see many photos of B-32s. I'll see your FB group and raise you You Tube. Admitted, it seems to be a montage of many of the same shots. But just look at the last aircraft name in the film. Edited January 19, 2018 by MikeC Phartycr0c 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) It's funny Kingman should crop up. About 20 years ago, I started researching the history of one B-17 that was attached to the 401st Bomb Group at Deenethorpe. I ended up with a day by day combat diary and tracked down many aircrew that flew missions on her. She survived the war, and one of the aircrew that I wrote to flew her back to the US in 1945, and of course, she ended up at Kingman. I often looked at many of the photos taken there hoping that I would spot "my B-17" amongst the thousands of aircraft parked at Kingman. Of course, the chances were very slim and I never did spot her. A shame, as it would have finished off the story nicely. That was until last weekend when I found an aerial photo online of Kingman that I'm sure I hadn't noticed before. I found that I could zoom in for a closer look, and there she was parked up in the middle of the photo! I nearly fell off my chair! Here's the photo... fa_721_rowsb17s1940 ...And there she is, right in the middle of the photo. B-17G-35-DL 42-107039 SC-M of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group....otherwise known as "Ice Cold Katy" 103 mission veteran and never lost a crew member. Ice Cold Katy Kingman That made my year that did! Best regards; Steve Edited January 19, 2018 by fightersweep MikeC and RLWP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 ww2 radio is a great page, I follow them there are some great SIG pages on FB i must admit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Kinda sad to see so much great nose art and aircraft chopped up. I know it had to be that way at the time, but I I just think of how much each of those hulks wold be worth, even in that condition with engines and criticals removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Not all bad, it has Romain Hugault artwork. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Here is the Google Life images of the above pics: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/15643fa7fa7948d7.html Jari Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Thanks for the link, just a shame a few more of these veterans weren't saved or least squirrelled away some where....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Some small bits survived in quantity. I remember contacting a guy who was selling load adjuster slide rules recovered from Kingman. He had loads of the things. Most of them carried each a/c serial number on the case too. I was hoping he would have the load adjuster from the B-17 I was interested in....he had the serial number one up and one down from the one I wanted. Typical really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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