Produktionsblock:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 bis 42-29831
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 335th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OE-X
MACR: 4899
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29763
Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 10/4/43; Presque Is 5/5/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-X] Framlingham 12/5/43; 2m, Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Chas Rubin, Co-pilot: Wendell Wilson, Navigator: Gordon McIntosh, Bombardier: Bill McDonald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rheaume Dunn, Radio Operator: Dean McPherson, Ball turret gunner: Steve Drost, Waist gunner: Frank Schwagel, Waist gunner: Burrill Cummings,Tail gunner: Floyd Hoover (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30118 over Kiel, crashed Baltic Sea off Heiliegenhafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4899.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 16. Februar 2018
B-17 42-29763 Details
Lost on 13 June 1943.
It is believed, that this B-17 lost by mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-30118 over Kiel.
B-17 42-29763 Crew
Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Charles Rubin | KIA | - |
CP | 2LT | Wendell K. Wilson | KIA | - |
NAV | 1LT | Gordon E. MacIntosh | KIA | - |
BOMB | 2LT | William H. MacDonald, Jr. | KIA | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Rheaume E. Dunn | KIA | - |
RO | T/SGT | Dean C. McPherson | KIA | - |
BT | S/SGT | Stephen Drost | KIA | - |
WG | S/SGT | Frank A. Schwagel | KIA | - |
WG | S/SGT | Burril Cummings | KIA | - |
TG | S/SGT | Floyd C. Hoover | KIA | - |
01. Juli 2022 access_time 4:29
Would love to find a picture of 42-29763. Great uncle was Raymond Schwagel