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Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:53 am
Does anyone have any pics of this aircraft?
http://www.447bg.com/42-31082.htmA friend of mine (and WIX lurker) just let it be known that his Great Uncle was the Bombadier on this aircraft.
Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:09 pm
Chad,
As it says in the text, the airplane was delivered new to the 447th at Harvard AAF, Nebraska. I've got the base file from there but no photo of that airplane. I'll get into my Nebraska stuff to see what I can come up with.
Scott
Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:39 pm
Thanks Scott.
Anyone else?
Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:56 pm
Sorry, only K tail I have is Fuddy Duddy! Anyone have a BG album perhaps? Got to be another pic out there somewhere.
Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:44 am
Holedigger wrote: Anyone have a BG album perhaps?
Chris,
Go to the link on Django's first post and go through the entire 447th website. It is a really well done site and has some stuff from the original Group "yearbook".
I've been gathering up every bit of material that I can on an original Group airplane named
Scheherazade that was delivered new to the 447th at Harvard Army Air Field, flew combat for the entire tour, and was later scrapped at Kingman. We've got photos of her in Nebraska with the nose art having just been applied, photos of her in the ETO, and a Bill Larkins picture of her without engines at Kingman.
Whenever I'm at Harvard I can't help but think of those brand new Fortresses being delivered......
Scott
Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:13 am
I have an original 447th Group History. I didn't find anything on Hick's Hack in it. The crew photo looks to be one taken before they went overseas. I have one similar of another 447th crew. The more recent 447th history also doesn't have anything on that particular 17
Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:45 am
You're correct, Dan. That photo was taken at Harvard in October after the crew got their new airplane. They headed for the combat zone in mid November.
Notice in the photo that Hick's Hack has only the right cheek gun modification, as do many of the original ships.
Scott
Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:45 pm
Thanks for looking Dan.
Surely a pic exists somewhere though.
Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:20 pm
It's on my "to do" list of research subjects. My Harvard research has led me to a number of sources with info on the 447th. Surely a photo of her, either in Nebraska or England, will show up someday. So far, no luck, but I'll keep looking.
Scott
Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:30 pm
In hunting around the net chasing leads on this, I did come across a sobering article on just how dangerous even training can be. A 3 fort midair collision at Harvard Army airfield, resulting in 14 fatalities, two planes lost, the third damaged.
http://www3.gendisasters.com/nebraska/1 ... n-aug-1943
Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:39 pm
Here's a link
http://www.nebraskaaircrash.com/crashsites/harvard.html (and shameless plug) to Jerry Penry's excellent
Nebraska's Fatal Air Crashes of WWII book, particularly the Harvard accident.
Scott
Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:47 pm
Hi Scott--
I am new to this forum. My father, Philip Zanoya piloted SCHEHERAZADE. I would be interested in any information you might have on this plane.
Her crew chief, Kenneth Johnson celebrated his 95th birthday today.
~John
Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:39 pm
Welcome aboard, John.
I would love to share what I can about Scheherezade. It'll take me a little while to find what I have in the way of photos etc. I'll send you a PM tomorrow.
Please wish Sergeant Johnson a happy birthday for me if possible. He had a great Fortress with a heck of a record, a tribute to him, his maintenance crew, and the aircrew who flew her.
Scott
Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:39 pm




Hi Scott,
Here are a couple of articles about SCHEHERAZADE, as well as a sketch of my father, and a photo of myself with Kenneth and Eleanor Johnson as they celebrated his 95th birthday and their 67th anniversary. The gentleman on the left is Art Kuhns, who was also a crew chief.
~John
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