Hi All;
I just wanted to post here regarding a chance find that I made the other day. Back in 1992, I started researching the history of B-17G-35-DL 42-107039 "Ice Cold Katy" of the 612th BS. I managed to gather a fairly comprehensive day by day combat diary of "Katy" from her arrival at Deenethorpe in March 1944 until her return to the US after 108 missions.
I corresponded with Lt Richard Guy who flew "Katy" back to the US, and that information more or less closed the story. However, in those 25 years, I often scanned the many photos of the B-17s lined up at Kingman, Arizona in the hope that I would spot "Katy". Of course, I never did spot her amongst the 7000 or so aircraft parked there. After all, what would the chances be?
That was until last Saturday evening. During a bit of online surfing, I found the following image....
fa_721_rowsb17s1940 by
Steven Steven, on Flickr
I had probably seen this photograph before in books, but I had not stumbled upon it online. I then discovered I could zoom in and have a closer look....
Ice Cold Katy Kingman by
Steven Steven, on Flickr
...And there she was! "Ice Cold Katy" at Kingman. I practically fell off my seat in amazement! So, a 25 year search came to an end and so too, the final chapter of my research.
I just felt the need to share it here!
Best regards;
Steve
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