Produktionsblock:
B-17F-115-BO: 42-30617 bis 42-30731
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-E
MACR: 2987
Einsätze: 34
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30713 / Phyllis Marie
Delivered Denver 17/7/43; Scott 10/8/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-E] Framlingham 25/8/43; MIA [34m] Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Max Quakenbush, Co-Pilot: Roger Johnson, Navigator: Amergo Bassi, Bombardier: Harry Belgium. , Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Theo Wright, Radio Operator: Harry Snator, Ball Turret Gunner: Harvey Prater, Waist Gunner: Ken Hopkins, Waist Gunner: Howard Vannoy, Tail Gunner: George Schumacher (10POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3 on return trip, forced landing Werben, seven miles S of Cottbus, Germany. MACR 2987. PHYLLIS MARIE. (Salvaged. by Luftwaffe for KG200 and found OK in Bavaria in 1945).
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 6. November 2018
17. Oktober 2020 access_time 19:19
Mr. Ken Hopkins who served on this plane has just passed away on October 11, 2020.
17. September 2025 access_time 19:50
I own an original engine 3 cover from the Philly Marie. This B-17 bomber was stationed at Altenburg Air Base in Germany in 1945. According to current research, this B-17 bomber was supposed to fly secret missions with uranium bombs for Kampfgeschwader 200. The uranium bombs were recovered from an air raid shelter tunnel in 1965 and subsequently handed over to the Soviet military. At Altenburg Air Base in Germany, there is an unknown underground facility from World War II in the Leinawald forest. According to a contemporary witness, art treasures were stored in this facility.