Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 bis 42-107233
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 710th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4774
Geschichte der
B-17 42-107072
Delivered Tulsa 12/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Grenier 4/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Capt Ken Johnson, Co-pilot: Bill Phelps, Navigator: Harman Chapman, Bombardier: Bob Bloom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Brown, Radio Operator: Hamlin Cathey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Tracy, Waist gunner: John Gagliardi, Waist gunner: Tom Kissler,Tail gunner: Leon Addis (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed Lutzellinden, four miles SW of Geissen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4774.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Oktober 2018
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Hugh “Bud” Brown was my uncle. We have stories in the family about his escape from POW camp and recapture.