Chronology of World War II

Monday, January 24

B-17G Showing Flak Damage


B-17G Showing Flak Damage
B-17G ‘Hang the Expense III’ pictured after being hit by flak over Frankfurt on January 24, 1944. The explosion blew the tail gunner, S/Sgt Roy Urich, out of the B-17. He survived, unhurt: other crews recall seeing him falling through formations of B-17s still sitting on his seat