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Quelle:
By Arnaud Abadie [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 bis 42-31131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 97th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 340th Bomb Squadron
- 350th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2395
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31044 / Her Did
Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG Thorpe Abbotts 24/9/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 5/10/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Verona, It. 14/2/44 with Frank Chaplick, Cowell, Sedgely, Baron Wounded in Action,Bradley, Grilliott (7 Returned to Duty); Householder, Duca, Murphy (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched 100 yds offshore at Calvi, Corsica; crew all swum ashore; Missing Air Crew Report 2395.
B-17 42-31044 / Her Did Details
B-17 wurde von Jägern getroffen. Während des Angriffs wurden der Funker, der linke Rumpfschütze und der Heckschütze getötet und sanken mit der B-17 vor der Stadt Calvi in Korsika.
B-17 42-31044 / Her Did Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Frank G. Chaplick | RTD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Ward H. Skaggs | RTD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Thomas M. Cowell | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Armand C. Sedgeley | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Frank E. Bradley | RTD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert F. Householder | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Orville F. Grilliot | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | George J. Murphy | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Joseph P. Baron | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Tony Duca | KIA | - |
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