Produktionsblock:
B-17G-75-BO: 43-37874 bis 43-38073
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 8813
Geschichte der
B-17 43-37880
Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN- ] Thorpe Abbotts 29/6/44; set for practice mission 15/8/44 with Chas Smelser, Ip-Capt Gene Lohman, Co-pilot: Harry Younts, Navigator: Neil Johnson,ettg-Herman Kautz, Radio Operator: Walker Hale (6 Returned to Duty); taxiing to position it was discovered no brake pressure and ran into parked 43-37940; repaired back for operations; Missing in Action Chemnitz 11/9/44 with Paul Corley, Co-pilot: Howard Pfeffer, Navigator: Harry Cardon, Bombardier: Joe Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil McElroy, Radio Operator: Herb Eisenberg, Ball turret gunner: John McGinnis, Waist gunner: Fred Dunwoodie,Tail gunner: Walt Seidel (9 Prisoner of War); severely damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed Littnitz, near Falkenau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8813.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 10. Oktober 2017
B-17 43-37880 Crew
Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 2LT | Paul E. Corley | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | Howard J. Pfeffer | POW | - |
NAV | 2LT | Harry L. Cardon | POW | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Joseph B. Allen | POW | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Virgil C. McElroy | POW | - |
RO | T/SGT | Herbert J. Eisenberg | POW | - |
BT | S/SGT | John F. McGinnis | POW | - |
WG | S/SGT | Frederick E. Dunwoodie | POW | - |
TG | S/SGT | Walter M. Seidel | POW | - |
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