| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17F-60-BO: 42-29532 bis 42-29631 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 305th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 366th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | KY-D |
| MACR | 252 |
| Schicksal: |
, Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug, Abschuss durch Flak (12 August 1943) |
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29553 / Arkie II
Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 9/1/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-D] Chelveston 4/3/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Wright Gerke, Co-pilot: Tom Reade, Navigator: Joe Costa, Bombardier: Jack Little, Ball turret gunner: Ed Keesling, Waist gunner: Joe Rowlison, Waist gunner: Herb Kalwa,Tail gunner: Joe Hall (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fullerton, Radio Operator: Jim Chalker (2 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed near Munchen-Gladbach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 252. ARKIE II.
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B-17 42-29553 / Arkie II Details
Von der Flak aus der Formation heraus geschossen und danach direkt von feindlichen Jägern angegriffen. Es wurde gesehen wird es brennend abstürzte, jedoch unter Kontrolle.
B-17 42-29553 / Arkie II Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Wright E. Gerke | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Thomas Read | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Joseph S. Costa | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Jack J. Little | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Harry L. Fullerton | POW | - |
| RO | S/SGT | James L. Chalker, Jr. | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Edward F. Keesling | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Joe W. Rowlison | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Herbert A. Kalwa | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Joseph J. Hall | KIA | - |
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26. April 2019 access_time 22:30
B-17 42-29553 was my uncle-godfather’s plane…ARKIE II. 1st Lt Wright Ellis Gerke – Pilot. He is buried in The Netherlands-American Military Cemetery in Margroten, Netherlands…Holland Plot O Row 6 Grave 6. I have visited his grave from the USA 23 times to date. In his last letter, mailed that fateful morning of August 12th 1943…he told of how proud he was to have just become a Daddy.
27. Juli 2021 access_time 23:52
Wright Ellis Gerke was the uncle I never knew as I was born after his plane was shot down.
12. Februar 2023 access_time 21:41
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