Produktionsblock:
B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 bis 42-30831
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-K
MACR: 912
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30807
Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Galveston 17/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-K] Chelveston 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Gerald Eakle, Navigator: Chas Jones, Bombardier: Herman Molen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Barden Smith, Radio Operator: Don Norris, Ball turret gunner: Bob Sanchez, Waist gunner: Alfredo Spadafora, Waist gunner: Lloyd Knapp (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Walter Boggs (Killed in Action),Tail gunner: Lloyd Wilson (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Bilsen, five miles SW of Maaseyk, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 912.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 12. November 2018
22. Juni 2023 access_time 14:04
Crashsite is found found in Belgium, Limburg : Dilsen – Stokkem, crash landed and later exploded by the fire