Produktionsblock:
B-17G-55-BO: 42-102544 bis 42-102743
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 532nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VE-F
Einsätze: 8
Geschichte der
B-17 42-102664 / Happy Bottom
Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-F] Ridgewell 19/5/44; Missing in Action {8m} Munich 16/7/44 with Jack MacGregor, Co-pilot: Jim Schomburg, Navigator: John Krc, Bombardier: Alex Stepanich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Hodges, Radio Operator: John J. Smith, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Roedding, Waist gunner: John Marinace,Tail gunner: Les Alexander (9 Returned to Duty); ditched Nth Sea off Clacton, Ex, and all rescued by ASR; HAPPY BOTTOM.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 4. Oktober 2019
06. Februar 2023 access_time 4:54
I have a very small photo of the B17 found in an estate sale High Point, N.C.