| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 bis 42-30431 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 339th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | QJ-D |
| MACR | 1392 |
| Schicksal: |
, Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug (29 November 1943) |
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-30359
Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 25/6/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-D] Snetterton 27/6/43; MIA Bremen 29/11/43 Pilot: Linwood Langley, Co-Pilot: Berline Cipresso, Bombardier: Don Curtis, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walt Reed, Radio Operator: Sam Amatulli, Ball Turret Gunner: Wilbert Provost, Waist Gunner: Anderson King, Waist Gunner: Edmund Swedo (8KIA); Navigator: Jesse Orrison, Tail Gunner: Gene Moran{still in tail wreckage} (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Syke, 12 miles S of Bremen, Germany. MACR 1392.
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07. März 2021 access_time 9:29
The name of B-17 42-30359 was [*another; as i have found 4 so far bearing this name]: Rikki Tikki Tavi…
*(I’ve found 3 different „Rikki Tikki Tavi“ B-17’s; and a single „Rikki Tikki Tavi II“…
In fact, there may be a 4th „Rikki Tikki Tavi“-
If i can verify that one, it would bring the total to 5! B-17’s with that name—)
07. März 2021 access_time 9:51
That’s Crazy and confusing!
Thank you for your comment 🙂
06. März 2022 access_time 5:28
This video tells more about this plane-including picture, history, final flight, and best of all: How the tail section detached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCabZdoD0OI&ab_channel=FlakAlley
06. März 2022 access_time 5:29
This video tells more about this plane-including picture, history, final flight, and best of all: How the tail section detached. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCabZdoD0OI&ab_channel=FlakAlley
29. Oktober 2022 access_time 21:54
The story is fairly accurate, but Gene Moran’s avocation after repatriation was as a rural mail carrier. It is also true that he was a volunteer fireman. A book about Gene’s final flight was published earlier this year. The title, appropriately, is „Tailspin“. I highly recommend it.