mustangdriver wrote:
Tonight I was given a bunch of pictures of my friend'd grandfather who was a B-17 ball turret gunner. I am going to scan these pics when I get home, but my friend's grandfather passed away. He wants to know everything he can about him. The photos, are late model G's with the triangle S on the tail and a diagnal stripe. The photos are amazing in detail and clearity. many pictures of bomb runs, and even close flack. The planes are all coded IN-then the individual letter. His plane was IN-P and serial number 338758. He was a ball turret gunner but sometimes flew in the waist as well. THe pictures are amazing. There is one shot that looks like a state side training shot infornt of a well worn F model with the numbers 3371 real big on the front. Any help would be appreciated.
I'd love to see those photo's sometime.
I have a copy of the training photo here, your friend's Grandfather is the chap on the left hand end of the front row if I remember correctly.
There's a thread been started for you on the main 401BG Association forum:
HERE
I've posted direct links on there to your friend's Grandfather's crew, which includes the list of missions they flew, and which aircraft they flew them in.
There's a lot of info elsewhere on that forum on whereabouts on the base the 613th had their aircraft parked, and were billeted etc.
I've got a couple of photo's of the existing 613th barrack huts (the only barrack huts left at Deenethorpe) that I took last year on my camera, I'll sort them out in a day or two.
If they aren't too good I can always pop up to the old base and get you some more, it's only about 7 miles away and I'm there quite often.
Anything else you think you might want, just let me know and I'll see what I can pull from the files for you.
All the best,
Paul
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