Produktionsblock:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 bis 42-30131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-Q
MACR: 1031
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30047 / Sweeter Girl
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hill 5/5/43; Wendover 10/5/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Rich Atchison, Co-pilot: Willard Secor, Navigator: Ken Baron, Bombardier: Sol Goldstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Bennett,Tail gunner: Van Write (6 Prisoner of War); , Radio Operator: Elder Lisch, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Coombs, Waist gunner: Westley Field, Waist gunner: Elliott Preble (4 Killed in Action); hit by wreckage of B-17 & Me 109, crashed Schirl-Beverstrang, four miles E of Ostberven, near Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1031. SWEATER GIRL.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 9. Oktober 2017
B-17 42-30047 / Sweeter Girl Details
Wurde von Wrackteilen der explodierten B-17 #42-30723 ‘Sexy Suzy Mother of Ten’ aka ‘Holy Terror’ beschädigt und von Me 109 abgeschossen.
B-17 42-30047 / Sweeter Girl Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Richard B. Atchison | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Willard Secor | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Kenneth Baron | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Sol Goldstein | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Russell W. Bennett | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Elder E. Lisch | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Clarence A. Coombs | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Elliot O. Preble | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Westley M. Field | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Van T. Wright | POW | - |
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