Produktionsblock:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 bis 42-29731
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 410th Bomb Squadron
Schicksal:
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-29692
Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Smoky Hill 18/3/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; MIA Rennes 29/5/43 Pilot: Merle Brown, Co-Pilot: Otho Wood, Navigator: Quentin Sandahl, Bombardier: Bill O’Brien, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Dow, Radio Operator: Ralph Johnson, Ball Turret Gunner: Edmond Hamic, Waist Gunner: Steve Ukropen, Tail Gunner: Ambrose Chott (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Chas Gregory (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Dinard, Rennes, Fr. No MACR.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 27. November 2018
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08. Juni 2020 access_time 0:49
42-29692 crashed on the Petit family farm near Mt. Dol, France. Eight crew members were buried in Dinard, France prior to being moved to the American Cemetery in St. James. Ambrose Chott was buried elsewhere (he had been shot from the aircraft earlier in the engagement). Sgt. Charles Gregory (tail gunner) survived the war, but passed away in Michigan on April 1, 2004.