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Quelle:
100thbg.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 bis 42-30131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- 561st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LD-S
MACR: 677
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/6/43 PADDLEFOOT; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43; Me 110s KO’d one engine then ship lost another before a wing snapped off, crashed Schmalgraf, five miles N of Eupen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 677. PICKLEPUSS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 31. Dezember 2021
B-17 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss Details
Augenzeugenbeschreibung zum vermissten Flugzeug:
Die B-17 #063 wurde gesehen, wie sie in der Nähe von Frankfurt aus der Formation abdrehte. Das Flugzeug war noch unter Kontrolle, als es zuletzt gesehen wurde. Es wurde berichtet, dass zehn Fallschirme gesehen wurden.
Quelle: MACR 677
B-17 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Robert M. Knox | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | John O. Whitaker | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Edwin F. Tobin | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ernest E. Warsaw | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Glover Barney | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Walter Paulsen | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Frank W. Tychewicz | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Alex Markowski | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph LaSpada | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Henry A. Norton | KIA | - |
28. Dezember 2019 access_time 1:17
If possible, e-mail all relavent photos of crew of this ship. I am copilot’s nephew.
12. Juni 2020 access_time 22:58
Dan, I am related to Henry A. Norton. Were you able to obtain any additional photos of this crew? I would also be interested in seeing them if you did. Thanks.
29. Juni 2021 access_time 17:03
Hi Dan, I am intensively involved in writing a book about the history of the German Luftwaffe night fighter-wing (II./Nacht-Jagd-Geschwader 1). Because Hptm. von Bonin, Oblt. Walter Barte and Lt. Hans Witzke claiming the B-17 “Picklepuss”, I would be very interested to use some photos in my book.
You would be doing me a big favor with this.
Thanks in advance, René