B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3034

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3034

Hersteller:
Douglas

MACR: 15456

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Geschichte der
B-17 42-3034

Delivered Denver 26/1/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Homestead 5/3/43; Thurleigh 12/3/43; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Theo Jankowski, Co-pilot: Bill Scheil{broke leg}, Navigator: Reg Wigham, togg-Tom McDonnell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Stelzer, Radio Operator: Ben Benigno, Waist gunner: Bill Gelnett (7 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Chas Bell, Waist gunner: John Chinlund, Tail gunner: Chas Wylie (3 Killed in Action); flak damage caused ship to explode, crashed Aurich-Oldendorf, near Strackholt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15456

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 13. Mai 2021

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B-17 42-3034 Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P 1LT Theodore A. Jankowski POW
CP 1LT William H. Scheil POW
ENG/TT T/SGT James B. Stelzer POW
RO T/SGT Benedetto J. Benigno POW
BT S/SGT Charles R. Bell KIA
WG S/SGT William G. Gelnet POW
WG S/SGT Charles E. Wylie KIA
TG S/SGT John E. Chinlund KIA
TOG S/SGT Thomas P. McDonnell, Jr. POW

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