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| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 bis 42-31131 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 545th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | JD-L |
| MACR | 3866 |
| Schicksal: |
, Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug (12 April 1944) |
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31048
Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; North Platte 19/9/43; Assigned 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group [JD-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 12 April 1944 with Max Jean Miller, Co-pilot: James E. Dent Jr., Navigator: Theophilius Edward Beinar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elvie Lawrence Rodden, Radio Operator: Henry Overholt Watson, Ball turret gunner: Saul Jack Schelberg, Waist gunner: Howard Rucolph Leconey,Tail gunner: Albert Patrick Krizner (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Darrell Clark Getty [leg amputated in Eppenheim hospital, Waist gunner: Edwin Pierce Fulkerson (2 Prisoner of War); attacked head on by 15 enemy aircraft, crashed Elmhausen/Bergstrasse, nine miles S of Darrmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3866.
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my Dad flew 44-45. out of England. B 17G His name: Lt or captain
Edward Hugh Miller from Pine Grove W.V. Flew bombing runs all over Europe. passed in 1970, I never got the chance to know him. any details, plane name, decals. trying to look through old boxes for more ID