jankees
May 13th, 2009, 11:35
I found another one on the shelf: B-17G "lady Jane"
a bit of history:
42-107009 was a B-17G of the 401st BG. According to Lt John Emch, the copilot, they were hit by flak during their bombrun over Hamburg on the 6th of November 1944. This damaged their no2 engine, and vibrations in this engine tore an oil-line in no 1 engine, causing it to overheat. Realising that they were not going to make it to England, they decided to head south for allied lines. When a third engine failed, they had to make an emergency landing in the Wieringermeer. Dutch civilans tried to hide them, but the Germans had seen them come down and were very quickly at the spot and 9 crewmembers were taken prisoner (what happened to the 10th remained a mystery, the crew said he bailed out earlier, but he was never found). The Germans relieved the wreckage of all valuable material and blew up the rest. The remains were later buried in the field by the farmer, Mr. Iwema.
A few of those bits and pieces are in my small collection.
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane2.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane3.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane4.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane5.jpg
I just finished uploading, she's not perfect, but I hope you'll like her anyway.
a bit of history:
42-107009 was a B-17G of the 401st BG. According to Lt John Emch, the copilot, they were hit by flak during their bombrun over Hamburg on the 6th of November 1944. This damaged their no2 engine, and vibrations in this engine tore an oil-line in no 1 engine, causing it to overheat. Realising that they were not going to make it to England, they decided to head south for allied lines. When a third engine failed, they had to make an emergency landing in the Wieringermeer. Dutch civilans tried to hide them, but the Germans had seen them come down and were very quickly at the spot and 9 crewmembers were taken prisoner (what happened to the 10th remained a mystery, the crew said he bailed out earlier, but he was never found). The Germans relieved the wreckage of all valuable material and blew up the rest. The remains were later buried in the field by the farmer, Mr. Iwema.
A few of those bits and pieces are in my small collection.
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane2.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane3.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane4.jpg
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/LadyJane5.jpg
I just finished uploading, she's not perfect, but I hope you'll like her anyway.