Produktionsblock:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 bis 42-31431
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 614th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IW-K
MACR: 7887
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31369 / Round Tripper
Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Romulus 25/11/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-K] Deenethorpe 14/1/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 6/8/44 with John Sauerwald, Co-pilot: John Zimmerman, Navigator: Forrest Holmstrom, Bombardier: Cletus Meyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Dautrich, Radio Operator: Buford Saville, Ball turret gunner: Warren Spence, Waist gunner: Paul Pamilla,Tail gunner: Rob Ruiz (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crew bailed and captured at Warnemunde, Ger. aircraft crashed in Baltic Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 7887. ROUND TRIPPER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 1. März 2018
B-17 42-31369 / Round Tripper Crew
Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 2LT | John J. Sauerwald | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | John L. Zimmerman | POW | - |
NAV | 2LT | Froest E. Holmstrom | POW | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Cletus H. Meyer | POW | - |
ENG/TT | SGT | Lloyd E. Dautrich | POW | - |
RO | SGT | Buford L. Saville | POW | - |
BT | CPL | Warran Spence | POW | - |
WG | CPL | Paul M. Pumilia | POW | - |
WG | SGT | Gilbert G. Gardner | POW | - |
TG | CPL | Robert Ruiz | POW | - |
21. April 2019 access_time 3:51
One of my best friend;s father John L Zimmerman was co-pilot. I have met him,great person.
28. Februar 2020 access_time 22:13
I am the Daughter of TG CPL Robert Ruiz. My Father told me stories about being in the Army Air Corps, being a POW, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Navajo Code Talkers. My Father passed away in 2000 and his wish was to be “buried with my buddies”. Riverside Military Cemetery is his final resting place.