[bgyles]

Shade Ruff crew photo on eBay

by bgyles on Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:44 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-WW11-Photo ... 35a74ffe36

I thought this might be of interest to someone here as there don't seem to be any photos of this aircraft in the database.

[Paul Bellamy]

Re: Shade Ruff crew photo on eBay

by Paul Bellamy on Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:50 pm

I know I'd seen this photo before, but couldn't place it.

It's in the Blue Book with the following caption:
"Capt. Charles C. Henrie, Squadron Surgeon, leads a wounded gunner to an ambulance after a bombing mission to Germany."

All the best,
Paul

[donaldbyers]

Re: Shade Ruff crew photo on eBay

by donaldbyers on Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:58 pm

I contacted the person selling the items and asked what the chance was of getting some scans of three of the photos and he told me sorry they were already on ebay for sale. Which ment if I would have asked before he put them there he would have given me copies. OK you should be able to figure out the rest of the story!!

The three I was looking at were the 1199 MP support, The Mascot and Shade Ruff. You never know who might bid on them....

Don

[Paul Bellamy]

Re: Shade Ruff crew photo on eBay

by Paul Bellamy on Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:00 pm

There are a number of very interesting 401BG photos in that album, I wonder who's it was originally and how it came to be in Nottingham.
If nothing else, the Spitfire air-to-air photo without doubt proves 42-31034 "Bonnie Donnie" took part in the 5th Jan 44 mission to Tours.

EDIT:
The photo showing the "Gravy Train" nose art sent me checking through the files. It's an early big-tail B-17, an E or F.
Could it be the base hack 41-9017 thinks I.
Going back to her previous assignment with the 398th Bomb Group, it appears '017 had two nicknames, "Agony Wagon" and.....

"Gravy Train".

All the best,
PB

[Shade Ruff]

Re: Shade Ruff crew photo on eBay

by Shade Ruff on Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:21 pm

To all:

As for the wounded airman in the picture, my guess is that it is S/Sgt Phillips from my uncle's Shade Ruff crew (1st Lt Stine crew). I believe this is likely from the mission for which Phillips was awarded the Silver Star (and which is discussed/documented in the Blue Book).

When he was alive, I distinctly remember my uncle (the crew's bombardier) describing this mission and stating that Ist Lt Stine had to order Phillips out of the tail gun position in order to receive in-flight first aid for head wounds. Phillips was filling in at TG that day as he was normally a waist gunner.

Regards,

Shade Ruff