Produktionsblock:
B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 bis 42-30331
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 335th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OE-U
MACR: 1118
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30272 / Fritz Blitz
Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-U] Horham 15/6/43; Missing in Action (21m) Munster 10/10/43 with Eldon Broman, Co-pilot: John Chaffin, Navigator: Bill Fowler, Bombardier: Paul Guiteras, Radio Operator: Warren Thomas, Ball turret gunner: Richmond Dillon, Waist gunner: Frank Dean, Waist gunner: Jake Black,Tail gunner: Tom Kelly, obs-Capt Chas Forney (10 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Rightmire (KIA-anoxia); crashed Haakbergen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1118. FRITZ BLITZ.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 4. November 2017
05. April 2019 access_time 1:05
Would like to know what type German fighter shot down Fritz Blitz on 10/10/43. Researching for son of the tail gunner.
26. Juni 2019 access_time 23:56
I am the Niece of P Guiteras
Here are some reports: „The fighters were now hitting us with everything they had. Suddenly a B-17 that had been hit loomed over and in front of us. Our Pilot swung clear. We were then hit by flak or a rocket, setting our hydraulic and oxygen systems ablaze.“
They may have been hit by debris of another B-17
You must be son of Sgt Thomas Kelly?