KU 3738

Maintenance Department (O) 14/VII Kaufbeuren 27 February 1945

Headquarters Airbase District 11/VII, Landsberg/Lech,

Subject: Report on capture of equipment and members of enemy airforce.

Distribution: Evaluation Center West, Obersursel, i.Ts.

Date of Capture: 25 Febr. 1945 1255

Place: Altstädten near Sonthofen (estate Moosacker)

Coordinates of Fighter: C3 FA 8

Type of Plane: B 17 G/90/BO

Plane was on the return flight

Inscription on nose: 12 bombs

Letter Identification on fuselage: H in capitals with green color

Insignia: American

Letter above number: W in black square

Admittance No.: 338648

Kind of capture: belly landing

Damage: 15 percent

Cause: Hit by Flak at the right wing. Shrapnel hitting the right, inner motor and lack of gasoline of the right outside motor caused it to stop and caused the emergency landing.

Plane guarded by: See enclosure – report No. 1.

Records of Navigation and Radio: See enclosure – report No. 2.

Crew: 9 men captured. See enclosure – report No. 3.

Technical Data

Fuselage 10 percent, landing gear 0 percent, right wing, 5 percent, tail assembly 0 percent.

Damage: Fuselage: Both lower turrets were crushed. The plexi-glass nose is partially broken. Cover is pierce by infantry bullets.

Wings: Hit scored by Flak at the middle of the wing-end of the right inner wing.

Light damage caused by firing on all wings.

Automatic lid much damaged because of the inexperienced opening by incompetent persons.

Tail assembly: Light damage, cause by firing on.

Type of Motor: R 1820/97

Factory: Studebaker Corporation Aviation Division

Contract Nr.: W 535 AC 17399

Eng. Spec. Nr.: 666 CVAR.A

Motor-Factory Nr.: right outside: SW O26844, no damage at the outside

right inside: SW O26863, fired on by Flak, possibly

compressor

left outside: SW 027084 undamaged

left inside: SW 026648 undamaged

Propellers: Type: United Aircraft Corporation

Factory: Nach-Kelvinator Corporation

Metal Propeller, 3 blades

Propeller radius: 1.70 m

Blade diameter 0.7r = 30 cm

Factor Nr.: Right outside: BWG 16477 A-O 3126/27/28

Right inside: 2382/84/85

Left inside: 2989/9091

Left outside: 3169/70/71

Damage: twisted because of belly landing

Armament: caliber 12.7 [mm = 0.5 cal] 50 M 2

Factory: General Motors, Syracuse, New York

Nose turret 2 machine guns, controllable

Installation: Taken away from nost-tip (right and left side) by incompetent

persons (controllable).

Front upper turret 2 twin machine guns

Two machine guns (at side of fuselage) controllable taken

away by incompetent persons.

Fuselage turret 2 twin machine guns controllable

Tail turret 2 twin machine guns controllable

Used sights: Front turret type N-6 A No. 24704

Manufacturer: EA LABORATORIES Inc., Brocklin

Middle upper turret type K 3 Automatice Compolting Light

Rear Turret type Nordpol 6 A DWG Nr. 42 G 1492 Spec. No.

24704

Ammunition: caliber 12.7, a pretty large amount being in disconnecting

belts.

Markings of SL 4 with gray point of bullet

Ammunition: Ration only SL 4 ammunition

Bombs: Released prior to landing

Bomb-sight: Type M 9 Singlar L/5515

Order Nr. 42/8071/P

Manufacturer: Lucas Harald Corporation

Sight: Type G 1029/A 3

Type C 1 Amplifier MFRC

G 1024 A 20 A 3

Armor: Back of pilot seats armored with 8 mm [0.6”] plate, bottom of

cockpit 82 mm, side turrets, 8 mm, rear gunner position with

outside armor plates 6 mm.

FT Equipment: 1 Radio transmitter BC 375 E with enclosed transmitter TU 26

Position of Switches: A – 2

B – 8

C – 35

D – 1

O – 50

P – 2

1 radio receiver BC – 348/R Type G 403 A-1 CA 3

Position of Band switch = 3,2

1 Modulator unit BC 456 – B

1 Antenna Tuni Unit BC 306 – B

1 Rack FT 244 A

Receiver

Crystal Frequency Corresponding Frequency Channel

8081.250 A

8351.250 B

— C

8284.62 D

Position of switch: 140 140

Transmitter: Transmitter:

Crystal Frequency Corresponding Frequency Channel

7850 A

8090 B

— C

6650 D

Position of switch 145 145 140 145

2 Radio transmitters BC 457 – A

2 Radio receivers BC 455 B

2 Rectifier Power Unit PP-51/APQ 9

1 T-39/APQ/9

1 Dynameter PE 94

1 Inverter Unit PE 206 A Order Nr. 10983 RF – 43

1 R-5 ARN-7

1 Radio receiver BC 357 L

1 Radio receiver R 1355 Ref. Nr. 10 I o3032

1 Indicator Type 62 Ref. Nr. 10 0 13000 G 21301

1 RF Unit Type 24 Ref. Nr. 10 D 1015

1 RF Unit Type 25 Ref. Nr. 10 D 1016

Kind of Aerial and Mast aerial at nose (upper side)

Installation: Fixed aerial from middle of fuselage to fin

Trailing aerial

At the lower left and right wing, near the connection of the

wings, there is a container of bullet proof glass with an

instrument of the form of 4 short pipes having the shape of a

“V”. Closer inspection has not yet been made.

Camera: 1 Camera Aircraft (5 x 7 inch) Type K-21 Serial AC–42–79–86

Focus 2.5 Objective Nr. EA 2653 Largest shutter-opening: 16

set at 4.

The camera was sent to the photographic board of Air District

for evaluation.

Gasoline: The gasoline had been filled out by order of Kreisleiter Dr.

Kuhlmann before the examination commission of the Maintenance

Department (0) 14/VII arrived (see report).

Gasoline: There is in the containers:

Left wing from inside and outside

Container 1 38 cm gasoline (height)

“ 2 17 “ “

“ 3 7 “ “

“ 4 24 “ “

“ 5 9 “ “

Right wing from inside and outside

Container 1 10 cm gasoline (height)

“ 2 5 “ “

“ 3 empty

“ 4 empty

“ 5 3 “ “

measured in flight-position

Lubrication oil: Amount not ascertained, also unauthorized filling-out.

Pressure oil: Oil test red color O-366

The following equipment was recovered: Astro compass Mk II

Drift meter Type B 5

Equipment according list

Enclosures:

Signed: xxxxxxxxx

Flight Chief Engineer

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