Produktionsblock:
B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 bis 43-38273
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 569th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: CC-R
MACR: 11116
Geschichte der
B-17 43-38173
Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG {CC-R] Framlingham 21/7/44; MIA Zellhausen 24/12/44 Pilot: Paul Herring, George Cassman, Lester Damast, Dick Byrne, Hymen Less, Chas Mehl (6POW); Terry Burrows {Co-Pilot: killed by strafing Allied fighters}, George Betz, Theo Garst (3KIA); flak hit then exploded, crashed Weisbaden, Germany. MACR 11116.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 17. November 2018
29. Juli 2024 access_time 13:03
My father, Paul Herring, was the pilot of this plane when it went down on Christmas 1944. He lived a wonderful life and died in 2021 at the age of 99, 8 months from his 100th birthday.