WW2 Overlay — Aerial Photographs Then And Now
Paris, France. Hit by flak, this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" going down in flames over Hispano-Suiza and C.A.M. Target Area.
Additional information
This B-17 in the picture is #42-30607 nicknamed 'Pat Hand'. Piloted by 2Lt. Kenneth E. Murphy. He and 9 others kill in action. Waist gunner Sol Ferrucci survived and become POW.
Source Archive picture: Fold3-ID #41558236
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Theatre of War:
European Theatre of Operations
Country:
France
City:
Paris
Tags:
96th Bomb Group
B-17
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