B-17E 41-9215 + ???

[aerovin2]

On the Facebook page for Fans of the B-17 Flying Fortress today (https://www.facebook.com/SouthPacificWW ... 570153182/):



Caption says: Ground crews from Air Corps Supply, 29th Air Service Group are assembling a new tail on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress somewhere in the Pacific in late 1943. Left to right: S/Sgt. Ferrel Clark; Cpl. Willis F. Broad; S/Sgt. Joseph G. Waldrip; S/Sgt. Francis M. Jowett and T/Sgt. Jack Sowers. US Archives pic.

I'd do a bit of research on this but I suspect that there are those like Mr. Birdsall who already has a bunch of information on this episode. I standby...

[Steve Birdsall]

That’s the rear end of Galloping Gus, and that photo shows the aftermath of this accident.



I’m unsure about exact details, but the forward section of 41-9215, wingless, was consigned to the Espiritu Santo boneyard.

A plane carrying the radio call number 19215 was operational with the 98th Bomb Squadron into February 1943, when the 11th Bomb Group was relieved.