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Monday, August 1, 2011
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Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
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Visited 7/21/2016 Apollo II took it to Muzeum Lotnictwa II Małopolskie, Poland - 152.49 miles  Visit Log

USAF planes in Polish Aviation Museum Kraków

  • Muzeum Lotnictwa II
Discovered It 5/22/2016 Robertrehak discovered it   Visit Log

Viděno na eventu Ohnivá ruka.
Hodně vydařený kousek s opravdu velmi zajimavým seznamem navštívených míst, spojených s leteckou historií a současností.
Je ve správných rukou leteckého nadšence.
Děkuju moc za ukázání, moc si toho vážím.
Rob

Visited 4/23/2016 Apollo II took it to U vrtule Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia - 14.23 miles  Visit Log

Crash site of lend-lease Douglas A-20G, serial n/a, 218th Bombardment Division, 453rd Bomber Regiment of the 5th Soviet Air Force. Four soviet aviators KIA.

V místě dopadl flakem sestřelený Douglas A-20G Boston od 453 бап, 218 нбад, 5 ВА. Výrobní číslo letounu je dosud neznámé, 453. bombardovací pluk ztratil dne 25.4.1945 nad protektorátem tři stroje. V troskách bombardéru zahynuli:
kapitán Vasilij Kirilovič Jurčenko z Ukrajiny
šturman nadporučík Georgij Davidovič Permisašvili z Gruzie
střelec-radista st. seržant Georgij Tichonovič Burov z Ruska
palubní střelec Vasilij Semjonovič Fomenko z Ukrajiny

  • lend-lease A-20 photo: National Archives Catalog for Air Force Records
  • U vrtule GC3DG1R
Visited 4/23/2016 Apollo II took it to Vyskov Air Museum Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia - 23.9 miles  Visit Log

Museum exhibits and recalls, inter alia, a lot of remains of air battles over the Protectorate Bohmen und Mahren, for instance parts of downed B-24 and B-17...

  • Vyskov Air Museum
  • Apollo II USAF
  • remains of a B-17 in Vyskov Air Museum
  • memories of the air battles
  • with air friends in the Museum
Visited 10/11/2015 Apollo II took it to Slip Stream Olomoucký kraj, Czechia - 168.09 miles  Visit Log

Crash site of Boeing B-17G 42-32097 „Slipstream“ 347th BS, 99th BG, 5th BW, 15th AF; shot down on December 18, 1944 by German I./EJG 1 fighters while returning from an air raid on Odertal refinery.
Only three airmen survived German attacks and were taken POW straight away, the other seven crew members were killed on board or perished in the airplane wreckage:

pilot 2nd Lt Sherwood P. RUSTER POW
navigator 2nd Lt Ward S. RANDOLPH POW
top turret gunner / engineer T/Sgt Wilbur T. MASSEY POW

co-pilot 2nd Lt Robert A. BROWN KIA
bombardier Sgt Vincent C. MANZELLA KIA
radioman S/Sgt Walter G. PERSON KIA
right waist gunner Sgt. Edward E. DAVIS KIA
left waist gunner Sgt. Roland D. BERGMAN KIA
ball turret gunner Sgt. Byron C. ANTON KIA
tail gunner Sgt. Robert E. LARY KIA

  • B-17G "Slipstream" memorial
  • B-17G 42-32097 „Slipstream“ B-17G 42-32097 „Slipstream“ during the operation Frantic Joe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frantic)

picture: Jirí Cernošek, www.letecka-historie.cz
  • B-17G 42-32097 „Slipstream“ maintenance photo: NARA/fold3.com
  • B-17G 42-32097 „Slipstream“ tail fin photo: NARA/fold3.com
  • 2nd Lt S. P. Ruster's aircrew in June 1944 Four of them were aboard during fated flight on December 18, 1944...

photo: NARA/fold3.com
Visited 10/11/2015 Apollo II took it to „Arsenic and Lace“ Olomoucký kraj, Czechia - 151.66 miles  Visit Log

In honor and memory of the crew of the B-24J-15-FO Liberator 42-52025 ,,Arsenic and Lace", which was shot down over Olomouc on December 17, 1944 on the Odertal Refineries combat mission. Five airmen bailed out and survived, the other five perished in the airplane wreckage:

pilot 2nd Lt Gerald R. SMITH
co-pilot 2nd Lt Vrooman L. FRANCISCO Jr.
navigator F/O Milton A. KLARSFELD
ball turett gunner Sgt John R. MODROVSKY
tail turret gunner Sgt Clifton J. STEWART

bombardier 2nd Lt Artur H. CARLSON KIA
nose turett gunner Cpl David D. BREWER KIA
top turret gunner Sgt Morris R. GOLDMAN KIA
radio operator / right waist gunner Sgt Abraham P. ABRAMSON KIA
engineer / left waist gunner S/Sgt Edwin L. HOWARD KIA
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http://www.461st.org/Aircraft/Replacements/PDFs/MACR%2010680.pdf
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  • „Arsenic and Lace“ memorial
  • commemorative plaque
  • The Smith's crew in front of other B-24 -standing L-R: Carlson, Smith, Francisco, Klarsfeld

-kneeling L-R: Howard, Brewer, Abramson, Stewart, Modrovsky, Goldman

photo: www.461st.org
  • B-24J Liberator 42-52025 „Arsenic and Lace“ picture: www.markstyling.com
  • „Arsenic and Lace“ nose art picture: www.markstyling.com
Visited 5/30/2015 Apollo II took it to MACR 14206 Ústecký kraj, Czechia - 32.69 miles  Visit Log

The memory of 2nd Lt. Herbert F. Koenig, 397th FS/368th FG/9th AF, KIA on 17th April 1945 in P-47D-27-RE 42-26826. He struck telephone pole while strafing near Mlekojedy, district of Litomerice, Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren. Missing Air Crew Report #14206

  • view of the crash site
  • 2nd Lt. Herbert F. Koenig photo: www.368thfightergroup.com
  • 397th FS over the Alps photo: www.368thfightergroup.com
  • 397FS P-47 over Germany photo: www.368thfightergroup.com
Discovered It 5/23/2015 matejM4CZ discovered it   Visit Log

TB/GC viděn na eventu "Návštěva leteckého muzea" v Praze - Kbely.Díky.

Discovered It 5/23/2015 LukasM4CZ discovered it   Visit Log

GC viděn na eventu "Návštěva leteckého muzea" v Praze Kbelích. Krásná mince. Díky za ukázání.

Visited 5/23/2015 Apollo II took it to Navsteva leteckeho muzea Hlavní město Praha, Czechia - 60.58 miles  Visit Log

An Event in the Air Museum Kbely, one of the largest air museums in Europe. The collections currently contain 275 aircrafts, 110 of which are exhibited in four indoor halls and in the open air. There are several types of aircraft used by the USAF in collections, together with numerous US aircraft engines, parts of airframes, and other relics.

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