My experience in 99th Bomb Group B17 WW2

jhor9 · 10-04-2006, 09:01 PM

I was a B17 pilot in ww2, N.Africa-Italy 99th BG 50 missioins July 43 - Feb 44

I will answer questions if I can Re B17

morse1001 · 10-04-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jhor9

B17 pilot ww2 N.Africa-Italy 99th BG 50 missioins July 43 - Feb 44

I will answer questions if I can Re B17

Hi Jhor9, nice to see a vetern join the forum, I am sure there are many who will be ready with questions for you.

What models of B17 did you fly?

permalink · 11-04-2006, 11:20 AM

You have my respect dude. Post some of your memories and stories for us like Sapper has. Please?
Kitty

spidge · 11-04-2006, 11:24 AM

Welcome jhor9.

Look forward to your participation.

Spidge.

Pte1643 · 11-04-2006, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jhor9

B17 pilot ww2 N.Africa-Italy 99th BG 50 missioins July 43 - Feb 44

I will answer questions if I can Re B17

Ah! The old 15th AF "Diamondbacks".

Please... What BS were you assigned to?

To answer Morse's question... Presumably the B-17D.

Gotthard Heinrici · 11-04-2006, 02:25 PM

Jhor,

Welcome to the Boards Sir! Glad to have you on board and looking forward to reading about your exploits in the B-17

Kiwiwriter · 11-04-2006, 07:50 PM

Welcome aboard, Jhor9...and thank you for your service to your country.

jhor9 · 12-04-2006, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Pte1643

Ah! The old 15th AF "Diamondbacks".

Please... What BS were you assigned to?

To answer Morse's question... Presumably the B-17D.

At B17 transition school I flew in C, D. and E models.
I flew an F from U.S. to N.Africa. My crew joined the 99 BG, 348 sqdn as a replacement, most of my 50 missions were flown in Fs, I flew Gs a few times.

kfz · 12-04-2006, 09:14 AM

jhor9,

Thankyou for your service..

Often seen it written that the US Army had a bad time of it and not highly thought of my other Aliied infantry during the North African Campaign, being relitive newcomers and inexpereinced. Though myself I think its a credit to the US Army and Airforce that it grew so quickly and reached such a high standard in such a short time, I find it fascinating how the 'Yanks' got up to speed so quickly. Did you find the same thing in the airforce? Did you find it hard at first? Did you have much contact with other Allied aircrew?

Regrds

Kev

jhor9 · 13-04-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kfz

jhor9,

Thankyou for your service..

Often seen it written that the US Army had a bad time of it and not highly thought of my other Aliied infantry during the North African Campaign, being relitive newcomers and inexpereinced. Though myself I think its a credit to the US Army and Airforce that it grew so quickly and reached such a high standard in such a short time, I find it fascinating how the 'Yanks' got up to speed so quickly. Did you find the same thing in the airforce? Did you find it hard at first? Did you have much contact with other Allied aircrew?

Regrds

Kev

Kev,
I rarely had contact with other allied airmen. Our problem in the Med theater during my tour, was to get replacement planes and personell,
everything was going to grioups in the UK

10-04-2006, 09:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
jhor9 WW2 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 79	B17 I was a B17 pilot in ww2, N.Africa-Italy 99th BG 50 missioins July 43 - Feb 44 I will answer questions if I can Re B17 Last edited by jhor9; 12-04-2006 at 01:28 AM.

11-04-2006, 11:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,919	Welcome jhor9. Look forward to your participation. Spidge. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

11-04-2006, 02:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,468	Jhor, Welcome to the Boards Sir! Glad to have you on board and looking forward to reading about your exploits in the B-17 __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

11-04-2006, 07:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,443	Hi, there! Welcome aboard, Jhor9...and thank you for your service to your country. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

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11-04-2006, 11:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	You have my respect dude. Post some of your memories and stories for us like Sapper has. Please? Kitty

12-04-2006, 09:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
kfz Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,057	jhor9, Thankyou for your service.. Often seen it written that the US Army had a bad time of it and not highly thought of my other Aliied infantry during the North African Campaign, being relitive newcomers and inexpereinced. Though myself I think its a credit to the US Army and Airforce that it grew so quickly and reached such a high standard in such a short time, I find it fascinating how the 'Yanks' got up to speed so quickly. Did you find the same thing in the airforce? Did you find it hard at first? Did you have much contact with other Allied aircrew? Regrds Kev

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