Produktionsblock:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 bis 42-29831
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 508th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: YB-D
MACR: 15511
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29817 / Argonaut II
Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-D] Polebrook 20/4/43; Missing in Action 7m St Nazaire 28/6/43 with Bill King, Co-pilot: Lloyd Gullickson, Navigator: Sid Lang, Radio Operator: Chas Armstrong, Ball turret gunner: Bradley Learned, Waist gunner: Reid Merry (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Russ McDonald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Birkley, Waist gunner: Jack Sanderson,Tail gunner: Ernie Taylor (4 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d all engines, ditched Bay of Biscay, only four crewmen found by French fishermen; Missing Air Crew Report 15511. ARGONAUT II.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 11. Februar 2018
03. Januar 2022 access_time 21:59
Correct MACR is 15130. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91162982