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B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 bis 42-102543
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Boeing
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B-17 42-102379
Delivered Gt Falls 1/3/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/44; with Ed Dudock force landed base 8/4/44; 222 BU Ardmore 13/6/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. Oktober 2017
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B-17 42-102379 Details
Erste Maschine mit versetzten Rumpfschützen-Stände.
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26. Oktober 2019 access_time 19:52
I was told my Dads (Ralph P. Smith, BTG), plane was hit by flak two engines out on one side spiraled down, controlled spin by pilot.
Pilot unable to keep level crashed nose first killing Bombardier. Other including my Dad BTG were pinned by force so unable to parachute out. Landed in Poland? Were taken in, hid in potatoe bin, ate spoiled potatoes to survive. Hooked up with American soldiers taken back. Does anyone else know of this story?