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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 bis 42-30231
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: R
Einsätze: 19
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30193 / Hard Luck
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 14/6/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 15/6/43; crash: takeoff for Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Paul Swift, Co-Pilot: Cecil Tipper, Navigator: Paul Arbon, Bombardier: Otto Bowman{inj}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bertil Erickson, Radio Operator: John Taylor, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Molinari, Waist Gunner: Tom Norton, Waist Gunner: Don Van Cundy, Tail Gunner: Bob bPonton, pass-Colie Emlyn (11RTD), Salvaged. HARD LUCK.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 25. Januar 2019
12. Dezember 2020 access_time 3:18
I was always told that my grandfather Robert Houghton was the ball turret gunner..
12. Dezember 2020 access_time 11:38
Sometimes, gunner reassigned to other positions. Not unusual.