Produktionsblock:
B-17F-75-BO: 42-29832 bis 42-29931
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 510th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TU-L
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29925 / The Duchess
Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Pueblo 28/3/43; Presque Is 9/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-L] Polebrook 17/4/43; 39m 2 BAD Warton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 7/6/44; Hendricks 9/8/44; Rapid City 12/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45. THE DUCHESS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 1. März 2018
13. Mai 2023 access_time 19:07
“The Duchess”, 42-29925, 351st BG, 510th BS. Pictured after Group Mission 10 on 22 Jun 1943 to Huls, Germany; Target: Synthetic Rubber Factory – Caption:
Colonel Richard Gimbel of the 8th Air Force Service Command is shown here with the crew of “The Duchess”, the Flying Fortress in which he flew on his first raid over enemy-held territory in Europe.
Standing, left to right: 2nd Lt. P. B. Miller, navigator; 1st Lt. D. P. Van Brunt, bombardier; Col. Gimbel; 1st Lt. J. B. Carraway, pilot; 2nd Lt. David H. Palmer, co-pilot.
Kneeling, left to right: T/Sgt. Lester J. Alexander, waist gunner: S/Sgt. S. G. Schmidt, tail gunner; S/Sgt. W. J. Mile, top turret gunner; T/Sgt. G. F. Cupp, radio operator; S/Sgt. C. L. Eisenhart, waist gunner, and S/Sgt. F. H. Dillenbeck, ball turret gunner.
09. März 2024 access_time 17:01
I have a Lucky Bastard Club certificate for my father, James A. Batten. He is listed as Engineer of Duchess (not “The Duchess”. Was there more than one Duchess? thanks. Dave Batten