General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: donna43 on August 12, 2017, 10:54:23 PM
Title: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: donna43 on August 12, 2017, 10:54:23 PM
I was watching youtube video from this year at the AF Museum and they were tring to figure out what this was for in the tail gunners position does anyone have an idea what this was for? (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LXyTwhR5fQKqajU9ymhdJhg-LRC7iPFXn3_9mqpsYYqPbd9uNEpC0YPCBmh6mcxIPlnS202EbbmqqwfTbG7zk9HUS4lRxSO6Py1QIw8SMcj9zXvRCuUXDZvhsHTlW06hFzBNX0yd43RBKybrA5NqBlTKi4VsmqGJmpViHAItK_NeEsMOEZfMvbwkT-i0L2WNpU9zqswNMj2OqBRyWAsIEt75aRgleXmF_vz6OOGNLj8cUQvaQyhVAsrVN3hxQ4Vo__WC9zyal91qCJyoX04JmfwqYTinVbGkxnjE2B7atc4LNBjhP2e4VzrxM5GT-d7C9GlrChrafphwx4bRjmUx1mq4E1wp0e-iAUBkOFuuANgGhuUwqlwEuB8y0ctcKXk923rBPzCxiqilU1acPgZHex24WGgyZnr6LtdgfmIxa2FkQxnrQCVhjw-lQfshBh5UpscdI8kyUmZl-_TTqxcRkEenFW5ailXRsk1zQX2utfGzJe8URZpwNncJJ9mKR0zAvBtk5Qvbhpc1SEoeqA4jSA9PKMKDO4oxXkH18eDijdNc2dyaN4vQCgK0WJzZ0o_fU9Pm4Je-bCVEVs9OmbssHws4u-9EtyMQJQuric_8fz_AtNbcOBAB=w346-h614-no)
Title: Re: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: donna43 on August 12, 2017, 11:10:26 PM
Title: Re: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: DaveBB on August 12, 2017, 11:41:07 PM
Those look like formation lights.
I did not know the B-17 had a gun camera in the tail turret! That is fascinating.
Title: Re: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: donna43 on August 13, 2017, 02:45:46 AM
I did not know the B-17 had a gun camera in the tail turret! That is fascinating.
Me either.
Title: Re: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: zack1234 on August 13, 2017, 04:08:20 AM
I did
Title: Re: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: colmbo on August 13, 2017, 08:27:48 AM
That looks like a recognition light set on the tail but those lights are usually a group of 3 lights on the underside of the wing at the tip. The colors of the lights are the same as the recognition lights. Interesting.
You'd think the guy restoring the airplane would know it was the 91st Bomb Group, not squadron. :)
Title: Re: Memphis Belle Restore
Post by: DaveBB on August 13, 2017, 04:38:58 PM
I do remember reading about Bf-110s following B-17 formations back to England in the evening and shooting them down while they were landing. Maybe these recognition lights came about because of that. The Germans also captured about 40 B-17s. A couple were pressed into service against U.S. bombers, trying to infiltrate formations and shoot down other bombers.