Produktionsblock:
B-17F-95-BO: 42-30232 bis 42-30331
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 385th Bomb Group
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 551st Bomb Squadron
- 569th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: HR-O, CC-Q
MACR: 783
Einsätze: 11
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30292 / Pulsatin Polly
Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/43; Gore 10/5/43; Moses Lake 22/5/43; Geiger 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 1/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-O] Gt Ashfield 12/7/43; transferred 569BS/390BG [CC-Q] Framlingham 13/7/43; Missing in Action (11m) Bremen 8/10/43 with Marshall Shepherd, Co-pilot: Neil Murphy, body washed up in River Weser), Navigator: Jesse Wyatt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Masters, Radio Operator: Chas Brown, Ball turret gunner: Bob Ross (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Owen Smith, Waist gunner: Jim Helms, Waist gunner: Harry Lambert, Tail gunner: Albt Martin (4 Prisoner of War); direct flak hits in cockpit, radio room and #4 on fire, and circled by enemy fighters, crashed Quelkhorn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 783. PULSATIN’ POLLY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 28. Februar 2021
B-17 42-30292 / Pulsatin Polly Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Marshall M. Shepherd | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Neil P. Murphy | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Jesse L. Wyatt | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Owen G. Smith | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | William B. Masters | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Charles Brown | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert Ross | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | James L. Helms | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harold T. Lambert | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Albert W. Martin | POW | - |
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