Produktionsblock:
B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 bis 42-31131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 708th Bomb Squadron
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31095 / Ground Pounder
Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Hamm 29/11/44 with ? , unknown crew except Waist gunner: Garrett Rozema. THE GROUND POUNDER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 25. Mai 2018
15. Oktober 2019 access_time 16:10
My Grandfather Robert Wilting was the ball turret gunner on the Ground Pounder. He was on the plane when it crashed in Belgium.
04. Dezember 2020 access_time 14:50
I have been told that my relative, Bill Archer, was the copilot on that mission. Do you have any detailed info about where the April and November crash landings were?