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03-01-2009, 06:02 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| B-17 fragment- what is it? Hello, this fragment was found at the B-17 crash site. Does anyone know what is it? Part of any gun turret equipment (?) would I say?
__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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03-01-2009, 07:58 PM
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| Difficult to say being such a small fragment Roman, but it could be part of the end of one of the ammunition feed guides, or the 'flexi-feed' chutes!
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03-01-2009, 08:10 PM
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| Any part numbers Roman? Possibly a switch guard?
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03-01-2009, 08:27 PM
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| I guess thereīs no number on it  but gotta ask. I got this pic by e-mail. But donīt think so, otherwise a freind of mine would tell it to me...
__________________ Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Last edited by seesul; 03-01-2009 at 08:30 PM. |
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03-01-2009, 08:28 PM
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| Iīve posted it at armyairforces and sent the pic to one former B-17 engineer as well...so letīsee...
__________________ Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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03-01-2009, 09:22 PM
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| Joe, hereīs a copy of the e-mail I just got from the former B-17 engineer: Roman...It appears to be the label that was attached to the selector gun switches on the Sperry Upper Gun turret....also could be the same for the lower ball turret as both were by Sperry. Each gun...Left and Right had a selector switch which allowed the gunner to select either one or both guns to fire. Jim 
__________________ Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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03-01-2009, 09:27 PM
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| Very cool! Where did you find it?
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03-01-2009, 09:36 PM
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| Not me...a friend of mine in the woods 6 miles away from my born town. Most of the parts like that ended up here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/avi...blic-9882.html (August 29,1944- museum in Sanov, Czech Republic) Attached the pics of the particular a/c where this particular label hanged once... It belonged to 99thBG and the it was trasferred to 2ndBG... There was only one survivor...and Iīm in touch with a nephew of a tailgunner. He should visit me in next years...
__________________ Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Last edited by seesul; 03-01-2009 at 09:38 PM. |
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