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B-17F #42-29761 [VP-W] "Martha the II" July 29, 1943: 20mm damage right wing top. Photo via Robet Fawcett.
20mm
B-17F #42-29761 [VP-W] "Martha the II" July 29, 1943: 20mm damage to the port side life raft compartment. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
20mm
B-17F #42-29999 [VP-Z] "Fertile Myrtle" 20mm damage Aug. 17, 1943. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
20mm
B-17F #42-5846 [MS-X] "Tinker Toy" Grim reminder, 20mm exploding round damage to pilot's side window. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
20mm Exploding Round
B-17F #42-5846 [MS-X] "Tinker Toy" Aug. 17, 1943: 30 cal damage to ball turret. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
30mm
B-17F #42-30676 [VE-E] "Baby Dumpling" 30 cal damage Oct 14, 1943. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
30mm
B-17F #42-30834 [GD-E] "Mickey Finn" 50mm damage to rudder Aug. 10, 1943. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
50mm - Friendly
B17G 42-31278 (VE-A) Lost 1/4/44. Crash Site. The main piece of Wreckage was this tail Section - Almost everything else was smashed to Pieces. Many were on their 25th & Final Mission.
B17G 42-31278
B-17G #42-97214 "Carolina Queen" 534th BS. Belly landing 4/8/44.
Belly Landing
B-17F #42-3221 [GD-E] "Whaletail" July 29, 1943, the aircraft was listed as "Salvaged" on this date.
Belly Landing
An unidentified B-17 in the Ridgewell parts bone yard.
Boneyard
B-17G #42-97267 (MS-X) "Tomahawk Warrior" of the 535 BS. Engine Change on a "wounded" B-17 in England. HQ USSTAF Public Relations, Photo Section took this photo as the old and new engines of "Tomahawk Warrior" rest side-by-side at completion of first stage of full change. German fighters' 20 mm cannon shells knocked out two of the engines during May 24 Berlin mission, while overstrain at full power finished off the remaining two which brought the bomber home safely. Ground crewmen here are removing and washing salvageable parts in gasoline and putting other finishing touches on new engines before installation. The men of two ground crew teams get "Tomahawk" back into the air sooner in the stepped-up pre-invasion offensive.
Engine Change
Nose damage Nov. 10, 1944 Mission 213, Cologne, Lt Leroy Drummond, Bomb., KIA by errant bombs from overhead aircraft; Lt Floyd Metts (P) returned to Ridgewell, #42-97265, Hell's Angel
Errant bomb
B-17F #42-29755 [VP-Y] Gremlin's De Lite Oct. 14, 1943: exploding round, right wing top. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
Exploding round
B-17F #42-30151 [VE-J] "Spare Parts" Oct. 8, 1943: Flak damage. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
Flak
B-17F #42-29999 [VP-Z] "Fertile Myrtle" Flak damage to tail gunner's position. Photo via Robert Fawcett.
Flak
July 30, 1943. B-17F #42-29950 (MS-N) "Forget Me Not" 535th
Flak Damage
B-17G #42-32102 (MS-O) Feb 1, 1945. Described as a "hard landing" at Ridgewell. The crew started out on a mission but had to turn back because of multiple engine failure. Everybody walked away from this landing.
Hard Landing
#44-6115 "Ice Col' Katy" 30 Nov. 1944 Collapse of right landing gear upon landing. Returned with a full bomb load to Ridgewell because of an engine problem.
Ice Col' Katy
#44-6115 "Ice Col' Katy" 30 Nov. 1944 Collapse of right landing gear upon landing. Returned with a full bomb load to Ridgewell because of an engine problem.
Ice Col' Katy
#44-6115 "Ice Col' Katy" 30 Nov. 1944 Collapse of right landing gear upon landing. Returned with a full bomb load to Ridgewell because of an engine problem.
Ice Col' Katy
#44-6115 "Ice Col' Katy" 30 Nov. 1944 Collapse of right landing gear upon landing. Returned with a full bomb load to Ridgewell because of an engine problem.
Ice Col' Katy
B-17G #42-31614 (VP-L) Minnie The Mermaid, 533rd, Crew Chief George Cathcart, Salvaged 11/29/44
Minnie the Mermaid
Shoo Shoo Baby: B-17F 42-30613 (MS-S), Boeing. Salvaged 4/12/44..and you can see why; photo by SSgt Howard Wilson 448th Sub-Depot; plane nosed over and crashed on third attempt at takeoff April 9, 1944 Souder Crew, while fortunately carrying load of propaganda leaflets(no bombload); all survived.
Shoo Shoo Baby
Shoo Shoo Baby: B-17F 42-30613 (MS-S), Boeing. Salvaged 4/12/44.
Shoo Shoo Baby
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