B-17 photo

Posted:
By: r w murphy
On: 05/25/2009

I have a 5 by 7 b/w pic of a B-17 from the 401st,tail # 338758 P.In the photo the bomb doors are open and I can see 5 500lb bombs on the way down.There is no nose art that I can see.Can anyone tell me about this B-17. Thank you for your time.

Re: B-17 photo

Posted:
By: Donald Byers
On: 05/25/2009

http://edwardgdanaii.info:8000/401st/New/history/aircraft.asp?acid=38758

Flew 42 missions before being sent to Kingman for scrap.

If you could scan a copy and send to me it would be grateful. I belong to the 401st Bomb Group Assn.

Don Byers
donald_byers@sbcglobal.net

Re: B-17 photo

Posted:
By: Genevieve Fuston Kolarich
On: 09/13/2009

Are you by chance the Murphy who flew with my late brother, Bill Fuston, out of Deenethorpe, England? I am trying to get some factual history to put into a family memory book. I remember your name but am not sure of your crew position--bombadier? I remember Ralph Hayes was the captain, Generals Seawell and perhaps LeMay the commanders. I vaguely remember stories about the St. George Hotel in Kettering and a fragment bomb. The plane was "swingin' on a star." Sincerely, Gen Kolarich