Colonel Budd Peaslee’s B-17 Equipose leading the
Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group en-route to the vital ball
bearing factories at Schweinfurt. High over Germany, beyond the
range of Allied fighter cover, the unprotected B-17s fight off
savage attacks from enemy fighters. Losses are high, but undeterred,
the valiant crews press on to the target, their relentless determination
and courage on that “Black Thursday” forever etched
into aviation folk lore.
Signed by three B-17 pilots who flew on the second Schweinfurt
mission, including the mission command pilot.
General J. Kemp McLaughlin - First Lieutenant Wilbur ‘Bud
Klint - First Lieutenant John P. Noack. |