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Paul Bellamy
10/27/2008 2:04:33 PM | Found this today:
It appears to be 43-37706 IN-U, aka "Satan's Chill'en", with a chunk of the port wingtip missing.
All the best,
Paul
Paul Bellamy
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donaldbyers
10/27/2008 2:20:53 PM | Yep it sure is missing a chunk of the wing. Were you able to clean it up to get the possible ID on the aircraft?
Don Byers
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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Paul Bellamy
10/27/2008 2:56:59 PM | I'm awaiting a possible higher quality version of the photo, but at the moment I've tenatively identified her as 43-37706 IN-U for the sole reason that she's the only aircraft with the ID letter U in the 401st roster with a double number as part of the serial on the tail, vaguely visible in the larger picture I have here.
The other choice would be 42-97947 SC-U, which was a PFF ship, but the Squadron Code looks to be straight-edged.
All the best,
PB
Paul Bellamy
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EDanaII
10/27/2008 10:36:17 PM | That's not a U! That's a J! And that ain't no N, it's a W! It's the Hard Seventeen, I tell's ya! the H17!
(puts tin-foil hat back on and marches out of the room)
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Paul Bellamy
4/20/2011 2:19:01 PM | A little light detective work this evening...
The position of the U on the fin is centred below the leading corner of the Triangle S.
Compare that with the position of the U in this photo of 42-97947 SC-U, where it's centred directly below the triangle:
So looks like it is 43-37706 IN-U Satan's Chillen with a hole in her wingtip after all.
All the best,
Paul
Paul Bellamy
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donaldbyers
4/20/2011 2:25:04 PM | Paul,
I can agree with you on the position of the "U" in both photos....
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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