I am intrigued by this.It's most likely a 5th Bombardment Wing B-17 like of the 2,97,99,301,463 or 483rd bombardment group.Do you happen to know the tail number so we could find out which bombardment group this B-17 belonged to?
This bomber belonged to the 340th squadron, 97th bomb group, and it's serial no was 44-6630 - the bomber was brand new, and it's numbers were still not painted on - it was damaged over Maribor (now days Slovenia) and belly landed near island Vis on 6th of November 1944... The crew escaped unharmed except for copilot who was killed by shrapnel...
Nice .I like it ,must be exciting to see peace of history intact from the day it sinked into the water. .I live in Croatia in Rijeka so maybe i will!!
@petric : only the side ones are missing - all turrets are in place, and twin Browning machine guns are there on them... Come and see for Yourself... ;)
I am intrigued by this.It's most likely a 5th Bombardment Wing B-17 like of the 2,97,99,301,463 or 483rd bombardment group.Do you happen to know the tail number so we could find out which bombardment group this B-17 belonged to?
My dad was a Pilot in the 463rd BG.
m9078jk3 1 year ago
@m9078jk3 :
This bomber belonged to the 340th squadron, 97th bomb group, and it's serial no was 44-6630 - the bomber was brand new, and it's numbers were still not painted on - it was damaged over Maribor (now days Slovenia) and belly landed near island Vis on 6th of November 1944... The crew escaped unharmed except for copilot who was killed by shrapnel...
urkethepro 1 year ago
@urkethepro Thanks for the detailed information too bad the 97th BG Association doesn't have a website
m9078jk3 1 year ago
Nice .I like it ,must be exciting to see peace of history intact from the day it sinked into the water. .I live in Croatia in Rijeka so maybe i will!!
petric 1 year ago
Does the bomber have guns on it?
petric 1 year ago
@petric : only the side ones are missing - all turrets are in place, and twin Browning machine guns are there on them... Come and see for Yourself... ;)
urkethepro 1 year ago