Produktionsblock:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 bis 42-30131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-H
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30035 / Torchy aka Pasadena
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 11/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG 3/43; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Charles Winkleman, Co-pilot: Ralph Smith, Navigator: Bill Booth, Bombardier: Howard Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Combs, Waist gunner: Mike D’Arcy, Waist gunner: Alf Zeoli (7 evaded capture), Radio Operator: Jean Ray, Ball turret gunner: Tom Cuccaro (2 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Ennis Bankhead (Killed in Action) when hit by two 100th ships’ debris following a mid-air collision when climbing, crashed France; No MACR. PASADENA NENA aka TORCHY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 17. Dezember 2017
B-17 42-30035 / Torchy aka Pasadena Details
Flugzeug wurde von Wrackteilen der kollidierten B-17 #42-30059 ‘Barker’s Burdens’ und #42-30089 ‘ Sunny’ getroffen. B-17 #42-30035 ‘Torchy aka Pasadena’ stürzte daraufhin ab.
B-17 42-30035 / Torchy aka Pasadena Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Charles B. Winkelman | EVD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Ralph D. Smith | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William H. Booth | EVD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Howard M. Harris | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Thomas E. Combs | EVD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Jean E. Ray | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Thomas L. Cuccaro | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Michael F. Darcy | EVD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Alfred J. Zeoli | EVD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Ennis M. Bankhead | KIA | - |
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