| Allgemein | |
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| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , Boeing B-17B: 38-211 bis 38-223 |
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| Bomber-Gruppe: | - |
| Bomber-Staffel: | - |
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Geschichte der
B-17 38-214
Delivered March 5-Sep-39; Davis Monthan Field, with Don Johnson, crashed Santa Catalina hills, 14 miles South of base following an engine fire, burned out, 6 Killed in Service and two bailed & RTD 6-Apr-42. Salvaged 8-Apr-42. This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.
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April 7, 1942, Tucson Daily Citizen:
6 April 1942
B-17B, 38-214, of the 12th Bomb Squadron, 39th Bomb Group, Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, suffers engine failure with one bursting into flame, the bomber crashing into the desert 22 miles SE of Tucson, killing five crew. „The dead and their addresses, as announced by Col. Lowell H. Smith, commander of Davis-Monthan air corps base, who said the tragedy was due to ‚engine failure and fire in the air,‘ were: First Lieut. Donald W. Johnson, the pilot, of Dunning, Neb.; Sgt. Laurel D. Larsen, Minkcreek, Idaho; Pvt. Herbert W. Dunn, Mifflintown, Pa.; Pvt. Emerson L. Wallace, Philipsburg, Pa.; Pvt. Leo W. Thomas, Lemoore, California. Second Lieut. Sidney L. Fouts, of Santa Rosa, California, and Sgt. William F. Regan, of Dunmore, Pa., parachuted to safety, suffering only minor injuries and shock, the air base said.“
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/media/upl-102345
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B-17B, 38-412 at the dedication of McChord Field in Washington State on July 3, 1940. https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/media/upl-102350