Greenland Air Crash

15. July 1942
Gallery
 

Lockheed P-38F Lightning

Boing B-17E Flying Fortress
"Big-Stoop" & "Do-Do"

Lockheed P-38F Lightning
Section leader Lt Brad McManus
Lockheed P-38F Lightning
Lockheed P-38F Lightning
Lockheed P-38F Lightning

Boing B-17E Flying Fortress
"Big-Stoop" or "Do-Do"

Lockheed P-38F Lightning

Boing B-17E Flying Fortress
"Big-Stoop" or "Do-Do"

Lockheed P-38F Lightning

Boing B-17E Flying Fortress
"Big-Stoop" or "Do-Do"

Boing B-17E Flying Fortress
"Big-Stoop" or "Do-Do"
Boing B-17E Flying Fortress
"Big-Stoop" or "Do-Do"

(right) Lieutenant Jack Staples listens in on a B-17's radio.

(left) After they had crash landed,
the stranded aviators converted the
B-17s into living quarters for their
crews and the Lightning pilots

 

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