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B17 wreckage revealed from under glacier in Iceland

Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:39 am

Saw this on another site and thought it may interest the group,
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2020 ... ndi_virki/

Re: B17 wreckage revealed from under glacier in Iceland

Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:23 pm

wish there were more pictures. I am being cheeky but didn't Nokia invent cell phones with cameras?

Re: B17 wreckage revealed from under glacier in Iceland

Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:11 pm

Looks like 43-38471; fortunately the crew survived. Per the American Air Museum in Britain's page:
Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned Soxo in UK 7/9/44 with C.J. McCallum, Co-pilot: Fred Hardin, Navigator: Steven Menovich, Bombardier: Joe Harms, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Polick, Radio Operator: Morley Conger, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Lane, ro/g-Bob Bell, Waist gunner: Oscar Lane, Waist gunner: Richard ? ,Tail gunner: Marvin Jennings; crash landed Iceland 16/9/44; crew lived on K rations until eventually, weather aside, to reach a farmhouse, contacted base and were returned to Meeks Fd. (10 Returned to Duty).

(note Oscar Lane listed twice) Not a war grave, so hopefully some components can be recovered for other restorations?
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