Photo Airfield Date Sqdn Type No Accident Crew Poltava, 2 June 1944 Flying Fortress B-17G 2102918 Boeing B-17G 2102918, Idiot's Delight, of the 342nd Bomb Squadron on 2 June 1944. It fell to flak at Munich on 19 July 1944.   Bradley, May 1945 Flying Fortress B-17G-65-BO 43-37509 SONGOON RITA, a B-17G-65-BO (43-37509), was a veteran of 81 bomb missions and five supply missions before war's end is at Bradley Field, Connecticut in May of 1945.   Molesworth 25 January 1943 303 360 Flying Fortress B-17F 124559/PU:C Boeing B-17F 124559/PU:C, 'Ooold Soljer', of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, on 25 January 1943. While flown by another crew it was involved in a collision with another B-17 while assembling a formation on 31 March 1943, crashing near Wellingborough.   Monfalcone 16 March 1945 37 Liberator B-24 KK320/ V Liberator B-24 KK320/ V of No 37 Squadron over Monfalcone port on 16 March 1945. Despite the damage, Saxby managed to regain control and fly the aircraft the near-300 miles back to home station at Tortorella.   15 April 1944 483 B-17F B-17F 25786 Boeing B-17F 25786 Whizzer II, of the 483rd Bomb Group took a direct flak hit between Nos 3 and 4 engines on 15 April 1944. The main fuel tanks took fire as the wing folded back, all in fractions of a second. All the crew members perished.   Photo Airfield Date Sqdn Type No Accident Crew 27 September 1944 508 B-17 298004 YB:H Boeing B-17 298004/YB:H, of 508th Bomb Squadron, on 27 September 1944. Over Cologne an 88 mm shell entered the fuselage and killing the gunner, Sgt Kenneth Divil. Radio operator, Sgt John Kurtz, fell from the aircraft and survived as a POW. Capt G. Geiger, seen surveying the damage, kept control and made a safe landing. POW Sgt John Kurtz; KIA Sgt Kenneth Divil Shipdham 5 November 1943 68 Liberator B-24 27535/U Liberator 27535/U of the 68th Bomb Squadron on 5 November 1943 at Shipdham. Flying on the outer side of the formation, it had been picked out in an attack by FW 190s. Pilot Lt R. A. Parker managed to bring the cripple home. The bomber was repaired and later used for transport work.   Alconbury May 1943 327 YB-40 25745 UX:H YB-40 25745/UX:H of the 327th Bomb Squadron, the only unit to be equipped with this type. 325 B-17F 23165 NV:G B-17F, 23165/NV:G of the 325th Bomb Squadron. It was shot down by flak on 26 November 1943, seven of the crew being killed and three made POWs. 7 KIA 3 POW