Produktionsblock:
B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 bis 42-30431
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3135
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30421 / Ginger Lou
Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Kearney 14/6/43; Dow Fd 29/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 5/7/43; Missing in Action Emden 2/10/43 with Joe Felece, Co-pilot: Don Wilson, Navigator: Joe Sullivan, Bombardier: Joe Kendall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burton Rubens, Radio Operator: John Parsons, Ball turret gunner: Henry DeKeyrel, Waist gunner: Bill Harrington, Waist gunner: Gene Harper,Tail gunner: Bill Salyer (10 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #1, then #2 caught fire, ditched North Sea off Heligoland Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3135.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 3. Juli 2018
21. November 2022 access_time 4:17
I am looking for a family member of 2nd Lt. Joseph W. Kendall. He was 24 when 42-30421 went down. I have a book of his. The inscription reads T/SGT. Joseph W. Kendall. Xmas 1942. From, Mother. I have had the book for at least 25 years. It needs to go to the family.