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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 bis 42-30731
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 381st Bomb Group
- 482nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 532nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VE-E
MACR: 1962
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30676 / Baby Dumpling
Delivered: Dallas 9/7/43; Love 29/7/43; Kearney 1/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 24/8/43; Transferred: 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 19/9/43; MIA Tours 5/1/44 Pilot: Jack Zeman, Radio Operator: Burton Givan, Ball Turret Gunner: Harve Leroux, Waist Gunner: Ray Chevraux (4EVD), Co-Pilot: Otis Montgomery, Navigator: Frank Bisagna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Sinquefield, Waist Gunner: Francis Cater, Tail Gunner: George Day (5POW), Bombardier: Bill Walker (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Les Hunes, a mile W of Aubigne-Racan, Fr. MACR 1962. BABY DUMPLING.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. November 2018
14. August 2024 access_time 8:59
Info on B-17 Baby Dumpling is inaccurate. This may be the second crew, but certainly was not first. See: Bill Lofton, Bombardier-Schweinfurt raid August 1943.