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| '''Mark''' <br/>10/1/2002 6:49:35 PM 
| Looking for information on a plane called the &quot; Ten Horse Power &quot;<br/>  
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| '''David Pearce''' <br/>10/2/2002 4:32:28 PM 
| I'm afraid I cannot trace a B-17 belonging to the 401st with that nickname.<br/> <br/> There was a B-17 assigned to the 351st Bomb Group with that name, Serial Number - 42-31763.<br/> <br/> The a/c was assigned to the 510th Bomb Sqdrn and carried to code TU-A. The a/c was badly damaged on the 20/2/44, Leipzig Mission. Lt W Truemper & Sgt A Mathies earned Posthumous Medal of Honour for attempting to land a/c with wounded men aboard, crashed on fourth attempt to land at base, Polebrook. <br/> <br/> Sgt Mathies was on his second mission.<br/> <br/> I hope this has been of help to you. <br/> <br/> <br/> Dave<br/>  
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| '''Bob Carson''' <br/>10/8/2002 8:28:18 AM 
| There is a book about this plane. &quot;Valor at Polebrook: The Last Flight of Ten Horsepower&quot;, by Rick School and Jeff Rogers. It's available at Amazon.Com (and other places, I imagine). ISBN number 0967500389. It gives the background of the crew as well as tells the story of the flight.<br/>  
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