Bonjour Patrick,
Pendant que je faisais quelque recherches, je constate que Didier (que je remercie) m'a devancé. Cependant je mets en ligne ce que j'ai trouvé:
http://www.crash-aerien.aero/forum/post355106.htmlhttp://www.air-defense.net/forum/topic/ ... ale/page-2http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos ... lak&page=2Et selon D. Sheley sur ce site :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougsheley/4516993034il s’agirait du Nut Cracker"
Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-10-DL Flying Fortress
s/n 42-2985
414th BS, 97th BG, 12th AF
Hit by flak on 1 August 1943 mission to bomb the airfield at Naples, Italy.
5 KIA, 5 POW
MACR 355
1st Lt. Robert H. Rast, Jr. - Pilot (O-791499) South Carolina
....................POW - Stalag Luft 3, Sagan
2nd Lt. Alexander Alvarado - Co-Pilot (O-672288) Texas
....................POW - Stalag Luft 3, Sagan
1st Lt. Seymore J. Ponemone - Navigator (O-789806) New York
....................POW - Stalag 7a, Moosburg
2nd Lt. Frank M. Bigelow - Bombardier (O-734791) New York
....................POW - Stalag Luft 3, Sagan
T/Sgt. William J. Shea - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (11032505) Massachusetts
....................POW - Stalag 2b, Hammerstein
S/Sgt. William D. Dibble - Radio Operator (19080277) California
....................KIA - Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy
Sgt. George B. Smith - Ball Turret Gunner (13044584) Pennsylvania
....................KIA - on the Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy
S/Sgt. John L. Anderson - Right Waist Gunner (31131669) Massachusetts
....................KIA - buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy
S/Sgt. Robert J. Nichols - Left Waist Gunner (39301792) Pennsylvania
....................KIA - on Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy
Sgt. James R. Mathews - Tail Gunner (20639370)
....................KIA
(U.S. Air Force photo)
La photo nous montre le ventre du B-17, je suppose donc que l'appareil s'est retourné.
Amicalement
Prosper