Produktionsblock:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 bis 42-29831
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 334th Bomb Squadron
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BG-B, WF-O
MACR: 304
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29807 / Lady Liberty aka Patsy Ann III
Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Gore 7/3/43; New Castle 6/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Alconbury 15/4/43 PATSY ANN; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 5m, transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-O] Chelveston 17/6/43; Missing in Action Gilze Rijen 19/8/43 with Ralph Miller,Tail gunner: Emil Radosevich (2 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: John Meade, Navigator: Don McGowan, Bombardier: Joe McGinley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bynum Crabtree, Radio Operator: Fulton Horn, Ball turret gunner: Alby Miller, Waist gunner: Bill Crough, Waist gunner: Edgar Loft (8 Killed in Action); flak hit snapped off fuselage aft of radio room, crashed in River Scheldt, four miles E of Flushing, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 304. LADY LIBERTY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 23. Januar 2020
B-17 42-29807 / Lady Liberty aka Patsy Ann III Details
Wenig später wurde #42-29807 / Lady Liberty von der Flak getroffen und stürzte ab.
B-17 42-29807 / Lady Liberty aka Patsy Ann III Crew
Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Ralph R. Miller | POW | - |
CP | 2LT | John F. Meade | KIA | - |
NAV | 2LT | Donald J. McGowan | KIA | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Joseph M. McGinley | KIA | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Byrum G. Crabtree | KIA | - |
RO | T/SGT | Fulton F. Horn | KIA | - |
BT | S/SGT | Albert F. Miller | KIA | - |
WG | SGT | William J. Crouch | KIA | - |
WG | S/SGT | Edgar G. Lott | KIA | - |
TG | S/SGT | Emil Radosevich | POW | - |
03. November 2023 access_time 2:51
I am the son of Lady Liberty pilot Ralph Miller. Thank you for posting photos and story of Lady Liberty. The photo of Lady Liberty in flight “seconds before being hit” was actually taken during group formation over England on the Aug. 19, 1943 mission. There is, however, a photo of Lady Liberty with bomb bay doors open that is presumed to have been taken seconds before being hit.