Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 bis 42-107233
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 511th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DS-Z
MACR: 7584
Einsätze: 21
Geschichte der
B-17 42-107046 / Screw Ball
Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 27/2/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {21m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Bill Boyd, Co-pilot: Chester Snyder, Radio Operator: Max Thompson, Ball turret gunner: Malcolm Keanes (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Art Marsden, Bombardier: Don Wassner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Karnes, Waist gunner: Ed Handel,Tail gunner: Ed Gavin (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wust, E of Brandenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7584. SCREW BALL.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 30. Dezember 2019
07. Februar 2018 access_time 3:33
The pilot Bill Boyd of Port Arthur, TX was my uncle. He is buried at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX.