The "Toonerville Trolley" was a B-17 of the 92nd Bomb Group ...  Ed McKenzie's adventure began on April 24, 1944.  He was taken from his regular crew to fly his fifth mission as a replacement ball turret gunner with another crew. After hitting the target, an aircraft factory complex outside of Munich, their airplane named the Toonerville Trolley was shot down in flames by a German fighter. Some bailed out but, unable to exit his turret in time, Ed and a few others rode the plane down to a crash landing on a Bavarian hillside. Within the next twelve hours all were taken prisoner.

Original Crew of the "Toonerville Trolley"

German Photograph of "Toonerville Trolley crash landing site

German Document of Crew Positions

Note the Cherry Tree that stopped the skidding B-17 from crashing into the woods

German Citizens posing at the crash site

German Officials Inspect the "Toonerville Trolley"

German Children with Propeller No. 3                       Right Inboard Engine             

German Workers Posing at the Crash Site

Ed  McKenzie German POW

Telegram informing McKenzie's family he is MIA

Photocopy of Mail sent to Ed McKenzie as a POW

To read more about the "Toonerville Trolley" adventure go to Ed McKenzie's personal website linked below.

The adventure did not end with the crash landing...  The crew was taken POW. and then over 50 years later Ed McKenzie went back to the location of the crash landing.  There he met the German Luftwaffe Pilot that shot his plane down in flames.