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Dec 28, 2023 · Throughout the war, B-17 crews became used to the all too frequent scene of adjacent bombers being hit and hurtling towards the earth. For the men of the Tondelayo, July 30 seemed like it would yield much of the same.
Dec 28, 2023 · Throughout the war, B-17 crews became used to the all too frequent scene of adjacent bombers being hit and hurtling towards the earth. For the men of the Tondelayo, July 30 seemed like it would...
Nicknames: Tondelayo; Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress; Production block number: B-17G-65-BO; Manufacturer: Boeing; Markings & paint scheme: Coded JJ-T.
No MACR. TONDELAYO. ... B-17 Fortress Master Log. Show all revisions. 42-29896: Gallery (2 items) Close Modal. Object number: UPL 41323 - Group 379-15-1 July12-1945 ...
Nov 23, 2022 · Nicknames: Tondelayo; Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress; Production block number: B-17F-70-BO; Manufacturer: Boeing; Markings & paint scheme: Coded AW-G. Coded QW-R. Coded OR-P.
Mar 14, 2023 · On July 30th, 1943, a B-17 named Tondelayo is under attack, and in the back is tail gunner Michael L. Arooth. He’s ready as German Me 109s and Fw 190s come in to attack. Relentless Mike fires away at the mass German fighters.
Mar 3, 2023 · On July 30, 1943, a large formation of 186 B-17 bombers of the United States Army Air Forces, escorted by 123 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, attacked the German city of Kassel. One such bomber was B-17G 42-29896, nicknamed "Tondelayo".
The high point of the book can be found excerpted elsewhere on the web–the incident of the empty German shells that pierced one of the B-17’s gas tanks without exploding. Inside one shell was a message in Czech: “This is all we can do for you now,” apparently from a forced laborer in a German munitions plant, doing what little he(she ...
Dec 28, 2023 · The Tondelayo and its crew weathered near constant attacks from Luftwaffe fighters, with Messerschmitt and Focke- Wulf-190s hedge-hopping from station to station to refuel all along the B-17s flight path — easy actions with nary an Allied fighter in sight.
Crew of the Tondelayo. 900 × 561. Published in. ‘This is all we can do for you now’: How Czech Sabotage Saved a B-17 Crew.
