
Caption | An A-20 Havoc of the 410th Bomb Group overflies a B-17 Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group over the Essex countryside, England, United Kingdom, Apr-Sep 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via D. Sheley | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Essex, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 13 Jan 2013 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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The B-17 is:
"Tomahawk Warrior" (MS-X)
Boeing B-17G-45-BO Flying Fortress
s/n 42-97267
535th BS, 381st BG, 8th AF
It was destroyed after a practice mission on 26 April 1945. Lt. Albert J. Cotea (O-415980) and crew were coming in for a landing with the right wingtip ablaze. Cotea taxied the plane off the runway and onto the perimeter track, where the crew quickly abandoned her. After burning for 15 minutes the bomb load of 20 250-pound bombs, loaded for a possible mission that day, exploded. The explosion blew a 40' x 20' x 18" deep hole in the paved perimeter track. There were no casualties.