Produktionsblock:
B-17F-40-VE: 42-5955 bis 42-6029
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 351st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: EP-F
MACR: 2019
Geschichte der
B-17 42-5997 / Heaven Can Wait
Delivered Long Beach 16/6/43; Smoky Hill 12/7/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-F] Thorpe Abbotts 17/7/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Francis Smith, Co-pilot: Jim Law (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Saul Hershkowitz, Bombardier: Clyde Manion, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Amery, Radio Operator: John Swenson, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Little{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: John Runcel, Waist gunner: Conrad Stumpfig,Tail gunner: Bill Wertz (8 evaded capture); enemy aircraft set fire to cockpit, crashed Les Rosiers, two miles SE of Monthois, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 2019. HEAVEN CAN WAIT.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 29. September 2017
18. Februar 2019 access_time 19:39
I am looking for a photograph of this plane to help establish if the cheek gun positions had the angled style mounts with external reinforcement.
18. Februar 2019 access_time 20:43
Hello Philip,
Here are some photos:
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=aircraft&id=10058&Itemid=326
Hope it helps.