1944-10-07

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "905" - Serial # 42-102905

USAAF 457 BG, 749 BS, Glatton, Stn 130


Color Profile by Torstein Landström

  • 1/Lt C.R. Jennings, Pilot
  • 2/Lt R.R. Garland, Co Pilot
  • 2/Lt M. Schwartz, Navigator
  • 2/Lt S.W. Jakku, Bomber
  • Capt. L.A. Cox, Observer
  • T/Sgt H.L. Bell, Top Turret Gunner
  • T/Sgt W.W. Marr, Radio Operator
  • S/Sgt W.H. Barth Jr, Waist Gunner
  • S/Sgt C. Spornick, Ball Turret Gunner
  • S/Sgt J.D. Wood, Tail Gunner

 

Photo of the 905 shot in England. Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Photo styckjunkare Carl-Erik Suneson, A6 (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Cockpit. Photo Richard Garland (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Nose. Photo Richard Garland (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Tailfin. Photo Richard Garland (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Clarence Jennings and Richard Garland. Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Jennings and Garland. Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Richard Garlands card. Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Photo from Mullsjö. Top row from the left Charles Spornick, and Martin Schwartz. Font row from the left Richard 'Dick' Garland and John D. Wood
Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Clarence Jennings. Photo unknown (via Richard Garland)

Richard 'Dick' R. Garland. Photo unknown (via Richard Garland)

Hardy Lee Bell. Photo unknown (via Daniel Petterzon)

Walter W. Marr. Photo unknown (via Renee och Tom Marr)

John Donovan Wood. Photo unknown (via Daniel Petterzon)

Captain Loyd A Cox. Photo unknown (via Charles Davies)

Stuart Wheeler Jakku. Photo unknown (via Gary Beachman)

Stuart A. Jakkus tombstone in Idlewilde Cemetery, Hood River Oregon. Photo Judith Gennett (via Daniel Petterzon)

Photo unknown (via Sven Engkvist Miliseum Skillingaryd och Daniel Petterzon)

Video with Richard Garland

WWII Pilot Dick Garland's heroic crash landing in Sweden