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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 bis 42-30231
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- 410th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XM-S
MACR: 90
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30174 / Lady Luck II
Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Lincoln 17/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-S] Earls Colne 25/5/43 LADY LUCK II; Rougham 13/6/43, trans 410BS [GL- ]; MIA Hanover 26/7/43 Pilot: Bob Tessier, Co-Pilot: Joel Dinger, Navigator: John Garey, Bombardier: Joe Nigi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Milton Partington, Radio Operator: Bob Shawver, Ball Turret Gunner: Ernie Lewis{captured 2/8/43}, Waist Gunner: Lester Beck, Tail Gunner: Elmer Neeson (9POW); Waist Gunner: Dick Allee (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany. MACR 90.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. Dezember 2024
28. August 2024 access_time 4:14
42-30174 actually belonged to The Gorgeous Hussey on 26 July 1943 the day it was shot down . My father and all but one crew were captured and taken POW. The cockpit crew crash landed while others including my father “hit the silk” Left waist gunner Allee was KIA. Surviving Enlisted men taken to Stalag 17b, Krems Austria.
25. November 2024 access_time 18:15
Hello,
I live not far from the crash site of the B-17 42-30174 and have some information.
If you are interested, let me know.