FRE 799

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Ground personnel of the 94th Bomb Group use an improvised rig and Cletrac to lift an engine for a B-17 Flying Fortress at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 11 Dec 1943' [stamp] and '296515,296516' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'THE ENGINEERING SECTION OF A U.S.SERVICE SQUADRON Without equipment to swing and handle the heavy motors of the Flying Fortress, the invention genius, Master Sgt. Alan W. Ries, 6414 Landview Ave. Pittsburg PA., scouted a British scrap dump nearby and came back with a piece of railroad track, some chunks of armor plate from a wrecked tank, and, on the base found some heavy pipe, odd connections and several lengths of cable that are used around the boxes that bring the replacement motors from the U.S., and came up with an engine lift attached to the front of a "Cletrac" ... that is used to hoist and move the radial engines from place to place. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS:- An engine being lowered into a shipping box to go for a complete overhaul after a workout in raids. ( Left to right) Sgt. Wesley Narem, 903-7th Street , Des Moines, Iowa; PFc William M. Morgan, Anniston, Alabama; Sgt. Jack Turner, 1705 Pregram Street, Charlotte, N.C.; The inventor of the rig , Master Sgt. Alen W. Ries, 6414 Landview Ave., Pittsburg, PA., T/S Edward F. Lynch, 403E. Irving, E. Syraucuse, N.Y.; S/S Abraham Meyers, 1521 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y. IRV 263185 131243 IRV263186.'

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection