B-17 BOMBER--INSIDE AND OUT

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress#Notable_B-17s


While she was at Riverton Airport we got some nice pictures--many of these B-17's are crashed and still in Wyoming Mountains
Probably the most unique accident in Graham County history occurred at 4:30 p.m. on February 2, 1943, when a B-17 bomber on a routine training flight from Casper, Wyoming, to Oklahoma City crashed and exploded in a pasture seven miles north and one mile east of Bogue.

Though a standard crew of a B-17 was ten, it was later reported that there were eleven men aboard, all of whom were killed. Carl McKissen was an eyewitness to the crash. He saw the plane as it broke through the low overhanging clouds, saw it circle once, then watched it strike the ground in his father's pasture and explode.

Lee M. Holmes, then sheriff of Graham County, who arrived soon after the crash, said the plane plowed a ditch five to six feet deep, ten feet wide, and around one hundred feet long. Wreckage was strewn over a fifteen to twenty acre area.

The B-17 was perhaps the most famous of World War II aircraft, second in size only to the B-29. The wingspan of the Flying Fortress was 104 feet, with a length of 75 feet and a height of 19 feet. The gross weight of the B-17 was 65,000 pounds. The fuel tanks held 2,780 gallons. When the plane crashed, it still had half of its fuel aboard.

Members of the local branch of the American Legion guarded the wreckage through the night of February 2-3, until Army Lt. Eaton and an emergency squad from Walker Air Base arrived. Parts of the bodies of the crew were collected in bushel baskets and brought to the Cutting Undertaking Parlor, where they were held for Army officials.

There are many theories about how and why the B-17 crashed. Lt. Eaton thought that ice forming on the plane caused it to go out of control and lose altitude. An army pilot with Lt. Eaton at the crash site said he had been forced to make an emergency landing the same afternoon because ice had formed on his wings.

Another theory involves the problem of cooperation between the pilot and co-pilot of the B-17. The idea was that when the plane dropped beneath the clouds, the pilot went to Instrument Flight Rules and the co-pilot went to Visual Flight Rules and was supposed to watch out for obstacles in the flight path. The pilot may have neglected his altitude observations for a moment and the co-pilot's warning came too late.
Carl McKissen said that he could hear the engines surge in power just before the crash; it can be assumed the pilot tried to pull up before they crashed. The plane crashed somewhere between the gliding speed of 120 mph and its 250 mph cruising speed.




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The Memphis Belle is one of the most famous B-17 Aircraft of World War II. Built by Boeing Aircraft Company in 1941. The Memphis Belle was among the first B-17s to complete its quota of 25 missions over Nazi occupied territory without a member of its crew being killed and was the very first B-17 to complete those 25 missions and return to the United States.
Another Crash was near Dubois below Bommer Lake,on Torrey Creek---another in the Big Horn mountains---I've been to the Torry Creek crash,the plane hit the top of the falls and was spread over 100 yards--most of these planes are still there today.

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[irishontoirish]

what music is this? Great video and song! My grandpa was a bombardier in WW2. Whats the name of the song?

[windrivercountrykid]

@irishontoirish Asteroid 2 1:54 Nick Ingman (PRS) / Terry Devine-King (PRS) Dark orchestral. No choir Release Year 2009

Factoid

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus. February 2009

[darrme62]

Hello! I am a former crew and restoration member (1998-2008) on this B17G from "Falcon Field" in Mesa Az.

This is a very nice video of our B17G.

I am writing this post because I would like to inform the videographer that I have made some major updates to this aircraft(in 2008), and he should make a new video to show the much improved appearance"inside & out!

Thanks for this "old" look back, before the "new look"!.

[windrivercountrykid]

Can't waight to get it done.hopefully she'll be close soon!!

[mellisco]

Did the B-17 have the Ball Turret on the bottom? Or was that the B-25?

[windrivercountrykid]

Yes,the B-17 did for sure,don't know about the B-25.

[h8s2]

BEEEEE SHEVUNTEEEEEN BAUHMMERRR

[WTFBOOMDOOM]

Beee sevunteeen bawmbor!

[ajyanesp]

My grandpa was the ball turret gunner of a b-17F

[metallicastarwarsfan]

My uncle did volunteer work on the 909. It was great! Until oil leaked on my dress shoes... Damn things always have somethin goin on.

[TheLingaling]

BEE SEVUNTEEN BAWMBHER!

[il0vgreenday]

Pretty damn good. Good theme. Impressive compilation. I started to feel for the intense bravery those warriors must've had. Jesus. So many people died....

[tucker1012]

im betting those aircooled 50 cals. are waiting to be fired in anger again.....

[mikefougere]

@darrme62

Is the CW radio shown in this video standard aircraft ??

We got the same radio here.

My dad was a radio opperator on PBY transport to england

[mlv1982]

hola, como se llama el tema del vídeo, gracias.

muy bueno por cierto

[D4MVP]

Lounge music for a slideshow of a BEE SEVANTEEN BALMERRRRR. Hmmm.