Produktionsblock:
B-17G-55-DL: 44-6501 bis 44-6625
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 20th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 10638
Geschichte der
B-17 44-6532
Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 27/9/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 19/12/44 with Haddon Johnson, Co-pilot: Banks Campbell, Navigator: Bob Pilcher, Bombardier: Rich Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Kelly, Radio Operator: Jim Cash, Ball turret gunner: Ed Storrer, Waist gunner: Vic Slivka, Waist gunner: Dave Dykes,Tail gunner: Leo Francis (10 Returned to Duty); flak ko’d #2 and #3 along with hole in right fuel tank, crashed Bia Mare, Hungary; crew ret 14/1/45. Missing Air Crew Report 10638.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 24. August 2017
04. Oktober 2024 access_time 22:28
My previous comments were off. I discovered you have my dad’s crash. Your data and mine indicate the crash was near Nagybanya (Baia Mare) in what was Hungary during WWII. It is now back in Romania. I don’t see a crash marker near Baia Mare, but feel certain the data is correct. Anyway after an exhausting search I located this entry by the crash date – which seems to have been December 19, 1944 (not Dec 26). Sorry for my confusion.