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| Keywords: RAF Chelveston - 305th Bombardment Group -B-17 Crew Sport and General.jpg en A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group stand beneath the wing of their B-17 Flying Fortress Image stamped on reverse 'Sport and General ' stamp 'Passed for publication 9 Jul 1943 ' stamp and '273722 'phott bureau no Printed caption on reverse 'THE DEFENSIVE POWER OF FLYING FORTRESSES The extremely heavy defense of the Flying Fortresses has enabled them to fight their way through to targets like Huls and Kiel in the face of the most intensive fighter opposition aerial warfare has ever seen The result of these and other encounters has been the destruction of more than 1100 enemy aircraft Formations of Flying Fortresses have an average of 12 1/2 50 calibre machine guns per plane which can be manned simultaneously by the usual crew of ten 27048 A crew of a Flying Fortress Pilot F/L Frank N Kacksetter of Denver Colorado Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Lester R Kramer of Scranton Pennsilvania Navigator Lt Luther S Pierceof Fairhaven Massachuttes Bomb 2nd Lt Stanley R Stedt of Stockholm Main Tec Sergt William W Fahrenhold of McKees Rocks Penn Tec Sergt Raymond T Stymacks of Bronx N York Ball Turret Gunner Tec Sergt Robert L Myllykoski of Painsville Ohio Left waist gunner Staff Sergt John H Jessup Union City Indianna Right Waist Gunner Staff Sergt Louis A Skinner Independence Kansas Tail Gunner Staff Sergt Milton B Edwards Laurel Maryland S G G C' 1943 http //www americanairmuseum com/media/1981 United States Army Air Forces other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard RAF Chelveston | ||||
