Produktionsblock:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 bis 42-29731
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 49th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2618
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29638 / My Aching Back
Delivered Denver 24/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Steyr 24/2/44 with Frank Glass, Navigator: John Bascu, Bombardier: Gene Hayes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Garnett, Ball turret gunner: Rich Hancock, Waist gunner: Don Torpy, Waist gunner: Edmund Ward (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russ Little, Radio Operator: Bob Rand,Tail gunner: Rex Cooper (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attack plus rocket damage, crashed Fuehl, Austria. Missing Air Crew Report 2618.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 7. Oktober 2017
25. Januar 2025 access_time 18:13
This doesn’t look accurate to me unless there is a difference between My Aching Back and My Achin Back. My father was the Navigator of My Achin Back, and they crashed near Stuttgart on May 12, 1944.
26. Januar 2025 access_time 13:26
Hello Ward,
this is your father’s B-17:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-39976-my-achin-back/
Cheers
Jing