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Quelle:
www.385thbga.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 bis 42-30431
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 549th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XA-X
MACR: 2268
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30354 / Hustlin’ Hussy
Delivered: Cheyenne 23/5/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 20/6/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-X] Gt Ashfield 1/7/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Ralph Palmer, Navigator: Bill Powell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Pacha, Ball Turret Gunner: Leo Reynolds, Waist Gunner: Bill Williams (5POW); Co-Pilot: Ryal Skaggs, Bombardier: Frank Wieczerzak, Radio Operator: Bob Piaroto, Tail Gunner: Elmore Loveland (4EVD); Waist Gunner: Allen Patterson (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Anderlues, six miles NW of Charleroi, Belgium. MACR 2268. SWEET 17 aka HUSTLIN’ HUSSY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Oktober 2018
10. Juni 2022 access_time 18:52
That’s actually the first crew (Jerry Mudge’s crew) in the photo. (my grandfather is second from right in the back row). They finished their 25 missions in mid-late December 1943. The Palmer crew picked up the Hussy after them.