Produktionsblock:
B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 bis 42-97407
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 96th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 6568
Geschichte der
B-17 42-97183
Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Nashville 20/2/44; Morrison 5/3/44; Homestead 15/3/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 18/3/44; Missing in Action {41m} Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Ira Corpening, Co-pilot: John Kellogg, Navigator: Bill Devoe, Bombardier: Bob Gallup, Radio Operator: Virgil Stuart, Ball turret gunner: Shields Stultz, Waist gunner: Paul Brau, Waist gunner: Bill Leszczynski (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norton Skinner,Tail gunner: Sam Strode (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Japlonika, near Bratislava, Hung;(Senica, It?.) Missing Air Crew Report 6568.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 10. August 2017
18. März 2022 access_time 20:49
My cousin, 2nd Lt. Robert F.Gallup was the bombadier on the #42-97183
when it was shot down on 7 July 1944.