| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 bis 42-29731 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 305th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 365th Bomb Squadron, 422nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | XK-S, JJ-S |
| Schicksal: |
, Im Einsatz beschädigt (15 Mai 1943) |
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B-17 42-29673 / Old Bill
Delivered Denver 31/1/43; Gt Falls 8/2/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Assigned: 365BS/305BG [XK-S] Chelveston 6/4/43; then 422BS [JJ-S]; severe battle damage Wangerooge 15/5/43 Pilot: Bill Whitson, Co-Pilot: Harry Holt, Bombardier: Bob Barrall, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Haymon, Radio Operator: Fred Bewak, Ball Turret Gunner: Edgar Nichols, Waist Gunner: Homer Ramsey, Waist Gunner: John Breen, Tail Gunner: Ken Meyer, photo-George Friend (10RTD); Navigator: Doug Venable (KIA); Salvaged. 16/5/43. OLD BILL.
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07. Juni 2021 access_time 2:47
I worked with Fred Bewack sat us steel 50 years ago. (I was just in my 20s) One of the guys took him duck hunting, and he kept missing the ducks. Asked, „How far are you leading them“? Fred replied, „20 feet“
07. Juni 2021 access_time 6:25
Thank you for sharing this story!
07. März 2022 access_time 19:32
My Great Uncle was Tech Sargent Kenneth Vincent Meyer the Tail Gunner on Old Bill. He was KIA July 14, 1943 as the Tail Gunner on the Windy City Challenger. I have an audio tape by the navigator Charles Otis who survived the Windy City Challenger describing the crews last day and moments on the mission #73. I have all my uncles metals, patches and a large assortment of artifacts.
07. Juni 2022 access_time 15:21
Hello Patrick,
I believe, the third man from right and kneeing in this photo, is your great uncle Kenneth Vincent Meyer:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/42-3049-photo.jpg
03. September 2026 access_time 12:20
Hi Patrick, this is September 3, 2026 and I noted your words for this site concerning your uncle (who was a tail gunner) Kenneth Vincent Meyer.
It is great that you’re keeping your uncles information alive as their heroic efforts of World War II will be forgotten by some, but not by everybody. That is why I’m viewing the Memphis bell this morning and several of the documentaries on YouTube about the B-17 Bomber.. we had a neighbor that was a side gunner on a B-17 shot down in Belgium, was hidden in the attic of a family where he could view through the cracks that GUSTOPO headquarters for that particular town. The Belgium family eventually dressed him in civilian clothes and he rode a German troop train apparently to get as close to England as possible, He survive the war, he was I’m assuming a member of an invasion society.? his name was Maurice Hargrove of Kelly, Louisiana 71441. I am not sure what the B 17’s knows art was. I’m trying to do research on that. At this moment.
My mother was from Liege, Belgium. my dad met her in the American Red Cross in downtown Liege, Belgium. They wrote for a year and a half once he returned home and she came as his bride and arrived on June 5, 1947 who was married June 6 the next day. Anyway, we give thanks and honor to your uncle and all the veterans that helped to crush the forces of evil in Germany and in Japan at that time in the history of the world.. 🇺🇸🫡 David Cummings