42-31341 / Breaks of the Game | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31341 / Breaks of the Game

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Hersteller:	Boeing
Produktionsblock:	, B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 bis 42-31431

Einsatzgeschichte
Bomber-Gruppe:	, 452nd Bomb Group
Bomber-Staffel:	, 730th Bomb Squadron
MACR	2915
Schicksal:	, Abschuss durch Flak (04 März 1944)

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Geschichte der
B-17 42-31341 / Breaks of the Game

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 6/11/43; Assigned: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/12/43; MIA Berlin 4/3/44 Pilot: Art Mittman, Co-Pilot: Francis Betenson, Navigator: Byron Dillingham, Bombardier: Ralph Karkow, Ball Turret Gunner: John Martinez, Waist Gunner: Art Nihiser, Waist Gunner: Carl Owens, Tail Gunner: George Wilmont (8POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Hopkins{jumped no chute}, Radio Operator: Walter Beck (2KIA); flak, crashed at Buskow rail station, near Ruppin, NW of Berlin, Germany. MACR 2915. BREAKS OF THE GAME.

Quelle: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link)
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F B Betenson
13. Dezember 2020 19:55

My father Francis W. Betenson, Lt. Co-pilot, always maintained that they were shot down by an ME 109 fighter, not flack.

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John
26. Oktober 2022 1:36

Hi my name is John Britt. My great uncle was Walter Beck. Ive been onto the national archives recently and dug out some pretty amazing info. My father and I are trying to locate a decent photo of the crew. If you could help that would be truly amazing and Id be forever greatfull.. My email is Johnjbritt67@aol.com