UPL 37789
IMAGEOne of Murphy's laws of combat is that "Friendly fire isn't." This is the tail of the B-17 Eager Beaver after a new waist gunner aboard one of her formation-mates got a little carried away. The entry in the pilot’s diary, dated Feb 18th, 1943, says, “New waist gunner shot hell out of tail today. Ship out for a week.”
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eager beaver
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron