Pacific Wrecks Forum

whoops. Some of my "facts" are wrong according to the latest article about Lee Embree, who just died at 92. The Peninsula Daily News: "Before the (38th Reconnaissance Squadron) took off, Embree switched places with a flight surgeon on another B-17 so Embree culd connect his camera to that plane's 24...

Lee Embree was aboard that B-17 as a photographer. He took the first known photos of the attack, including Japaneese planes in flight and that photo of the burnt B-17. He said it was hits in the flare locker that caused the fire. He recently donated his photos, camera and negatives to the Seattle Mu...