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| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 bis 42-31731 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 379th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 524th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | WA-M |
| MACR: | 8844 |
| Schicksal: |
, Abschuss durch Flak (08 September 1944) |
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-31720 / Blue Blazing Blizza
Delivered Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 27/1/44; Bombardier: Bill Rau (KIA-pilot was Ernal Bridwell) 29/1/44 his ship landing at RAF Bradwell Bay; MIA Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 Pilot: Orvest Ellingson, Cliff Danielsen, Roy Manssen, Joe De Mure (4KIA); Joe Wells, Merrill Collins, Bob Harrell, Clair Young, Wallace Tipsword (5POW); flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. MACR 8844. THE BLUE BLAZING BLIZZARD.
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07. Juli 2026 access_time 19:44
My grandfather, Hugh „Mac“ McGinty is pictured in the back row on the far left. He was the tailgunner.
16. August 2026 access_time 6:14
I am the Great nephew to Navigator 2nd Lt. William Charles Rau. He was on mission #61 to Frankfort Germany on 1/29/1944 and was mortally wounded after they released their bombs on target and we’re on the return trip home when he was struck by AA Flak in the legs and abdomen and he was able to give course corroborates for the crew to return home and he died in the arms of his comrade Nathan Matthew the Bombadier on the mission .Your Grandfather was the tail gunner on that mission as well and I’m glad he survived the war.
16. August 2026 access_time 6:18
I am the Great nephew to Navigator 2nd Lt. William Charles Rau. He was on mission #61 to Frankfort Germany on 1/29/1944 and was mortally wounded after they released their bombs on target and we’re on the return trip home when he was struck by AA Flak in the legs and abdomen and he was able to give course coordinates for the crew to return home and he died in the arms of his comrade Nathan Matthew the Bombadier on the mission .Your Grandfather was the tail gunner on that mission as well and I’m glad he survived the war.