B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29859 / The Annihilator

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29859 / The Annihilator

Hersteller:
Boeing

  • RCL: TU-H

MACR: No MACR / KSU/ME/KU: AV 96/43

Einsätze: 1

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Geschichte der
B-17 42-29859 / The Annihilator

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Gore 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-H] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 1m Courtrai 14/5/43 with Capt Bill Forsythe, Co-pilot: R. C. Stewart, Navigator: Jim McDonald, Bombardier: Bob Ostheimer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilton Wixom, Radio Operator: Francis Daly, Waist gunner: Tom Culkin,Tail gunner: Ralph Tarr (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Leroy Donaldson, Ball turret gunner: Albert Jensen (2 Killed in Action); one engine was smoking and dropped out of formation before enemy aircraft attacked, crashed Dadizele, near Ypres, Bel. THE ANNIHILATOR.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 21. Dezember 2021

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B-17 42-29859 / The Annihilator Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P CPT William R. Forsythe POW
CP 1LT R. C. Stewart POW
BOMB 2LT Robert V. Ostheimer POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Wilton A. Wixom POW
RO SGT Frances M. Daly POW
BT S/SGT Albert L. Jensen KIA
WG SGT Thomas P. Culkin POW
WG S/SGT Leroy D. Donaldson KIA
TG S/SGT Ralph C. Tarr POW

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