Produktionsblock:
B-17F-15-DL: 42-3004 bis 42-3038
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 379th Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 335th Bomb Squadron
- 525th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OE-V, FR-F
MACR: 1365
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3023 / Boozeness
Delivered Rapid City 14/12/42; Memphis with Bob Gates, force landed Kansas City Apt. 7/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-V] Presque Is 18/5/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-F] Kimbolton 8/6/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is, 25/6/43 with Tom Simones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Polcover, Ball turret gunner: Joe Noonan, Waist gunner: Norbert Meyer,Tail gunner: Norman Schoolcraft (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jack Schmitt, Navigator: Hal Aebischer, Bombardier: Thornton Baker, Radio Operator: Gerald Metthe, Waist gunner: Fred Hartt (5POW-all caught by farmers and home defense with Baker evading Nazi Youth for the longest of them all; five days); enemy aircraft, crashed near Brahe, East Friesland, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1365. BOOZENESS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 6. Januar 2018
B-17 42-3023 / Boozeness Details
Abgeschossen von Htpm. Wilhelm Gath vom JG 26 in einer Fw 190 A-5.
04. Dezember 2022 access_time 0:15
Ist direkt bei mir um die Ecke abgestürzt. Ein Gedenkschild der Gruppe Ikarus erinnert heute daran.