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Quelle:
www.306bg.us
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 bis 42-102978
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 369th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WW-F
MACR: 12325
Geschichte der
B-17 42-102975 / Verna E.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 6/6/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Jack Henley, Co-pilot: Roy Stewart, Navigator: Warren Becker, Bombardier: Herb Whitaker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Coppa, Radio Operator: Dan McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Ray Hanson, Waist gunner: Albt Harcarik,Tail gunner: Fred Piepenbrink (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Nachtsheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12325. VERNA E.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Februar 2023
06. Dezember 2018 access_time 16:54
Hi,
I have several photos of this aircraft from early feb 1945 when it landed at Hardwick. If you are interested, please send me an email.
thx,
don
06. Dezember 2018 access_time 17:02
Hi Don, I have send you an email.
13. Februar 2019 access_time 21:07
Don,
Would love to see the pictures. Raymond Hanson is my grandfather.
26. April 2023 access_time 12:55
Hi Aaron, would you be so kind to contact me? I am German and I am doing some research on the B 17 that your grandfather was a crewmember on. I live nearby where the crew was captured and I also know where the crashside is. Appreciate it, if you could send me a note. Regards,
Holger
03. Mai 2023 access_time 21:40
You can contact me at avernae@proton.me
09. Mai 2023 access_time 22:54
Thank you for sending me your e mail address. I have e mailed you, please check your spam filter. If you want to contact me : Holger_Ziehm@web.de
Regards, Holger
06. Juni 2019 access_time 18:03
Raymond Hanson’s Air Medal is in my possession.
26. April 2023 access_time 14:59
What would it take to get it, if you are willing to part with it? How did you receive it?
26. April 2023 access_time 17:18
Hi,
the air medal was purchased in the US some years ago.
Regards,
Dominique
03. Mai 2023 access_time 21:39
I must say, it hurts my heart to know that it was for sale. I hope you will take care of it then. If you ever decide to part ways with it, I would be more than honored to purchase it from you. You can contact me at avernae@protonmail.me
03. Mai 2023 access_time 21:42
Email address is : avernae@proton.me
12. November 2019 access_time 19:57
Roy Stewart was my Brother-in-Law. He passed several years ago while living in Bonner, Montana. His wife, Jean Stewart, my older sister passed in the early 2000’s also while living in Bonner. Son, David still lives there. His three daughters are living in different locations but I don’t know where. I last spoke to his daughter, Deborah Jean, just before her mother passed. Roy was my young idol and the main reason I joined the USAF.
09. Februar 2023 access_time 11:34
Hi Don, my name is Holger, I am German, ex military. I am doing some research on B 17 “Verna E.” The damaged plane flew over our village and crashed approx. 7 kilometers from here into a forest. 5 of the crew were captured right by our village and taken into a house. The rest was captured later in the vicinity. I wonder if you could send me one ore two photos from the plane when it landed in Hardwick. Any information on the event from us here in Germany, I would be more than happy to share, if anyone is interested. Hope Don Morrison will receive my message, since the correspondence is already more than 4 years old.
Kind regards, Holger Ziehm
04. Oktober 2021 access_time 4:10
Roy Stewart was my uncle. I only met him once as a boy . He was a very romantic figure in my family. War hero!
My farther, William E Stewart was the older brother of Roy. He was a sargent in the marine corps. and fought several big battles in the south pacific(Guam,Iwo, etc)
Thank you for this web site resource.