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Title: help with a mystery
Post by: Dnil on January 11, 2003, 04:23:27 PM

Identify the bomb squad in the photo.  My uncle shot the photo but I have no clue who the squad is.

Title: help with a mystery
Post by: Dnil on January 11, 2003, 04:25:50 PM

also, long shot here, can anyone identify anybody in this crew?  picture is from some negatives found in an old second hand book.

Title: help with a mystery
Post by: Dnil on January 11, 2003, 04:32:03 PM

nuther one.  Where is/was curtis field.

Title: help with a mystery
Post by: Dnil on January 11, 2003, 04:33:47 PM

one last 1 for now.  Think its a bt-13, but anyway to tell the squad?

Title: help with a mystery
Post by: Jester on January 11, 2003, 06:44:05 PM

The B-17's with the Triangle K tail markings are from the 379th Bomb Group (Heavy), 8th A.F.

The 379th BG consisted of the 524th, 525th, 526th & 527th Bomb Squadrons.

Stats on the 379th:
Combat OPS: May 43 - 45
Missions: 330
Sorties: 10,492
Payload dropped in tons: 26,460
MIA: 141
B-17 models flown: F & G models


to your Uncle.

Title: help with a mystery
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on January 11, 2003, 07:51:32 PM

link to 8thAF bombber tail markings (http://www.455th.ukpc.net/tomfeise/8thusaaf/markings.htm)

Title: help with a mystery
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on January 11, 2003, 07:56:11 PM

as far as Curtis Field (http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html)