Re: Need help tracking down a B-17


Message posted by Watcher on July 03, 2003 at 21:39:40 PST:

Thats about all the info that I got. The BUNO 6135, and the panel with "BOMBING BETTY". I was also talking with one of the people that I work with, he was thinking that the converted B-17 (into an F-9b) might be in Touscon AZ. He was telling me about some hangars out there, one holds a SR-71, two of them hold all black F-9B's (Hmm... wonder what they do). That might be where "Bombing Betty" is.

He was telling me a story. The day the belly gunner died, one of the mechanics,(about 19-23 at the time) was yelling about the belly turret's windows getting scratched up. That night, the belly gunner was killed outside of a bar (got hit by a car). I think they were operating out of Europe when this happened (as he told me).

This is about all the info that I have, I know its not much. If there is a picture of the crew of this airplane, I would like to see it also.

Please update on this forum if you find anything.

Watcher.


In Reply to: Re: Need help tracking down a B-17 posted by Evil Demon on July 03, 2003 at 1:48:32 PST:

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