Produktionsblock:
B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 bis 42-31131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 381st Bomb Group
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 535th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 1661
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31097 / Mission Belle
Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 12/10/43; Scott 18/11/43; assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 19/11/43; transferred 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action (1st mission for this aircraft) Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Pilot Harland V. Sunde (KIA – body recovered 12/6/44); Ball turret gunner: Doyle C. Mc Cutchen (KIA; body recovered from river 30/5/44); Tail gunner: John F. Healey (KIA). Co-pilot: James W. Sweaney; Navigator: Roger G.Christensen; Bombardier: O.D. Tully; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William P. England; Radio Operator: Claudio Carano; Right Waist gunner: Charles J. Culver; Left Waist gunner Carlton A. Josephson (those 7 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report 1661.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 17. August 2018
B-17 42-31097 / Mission Belle Details
Flak, left formation a few minutes before hitting the target and was attacked by fighters. Shot down by Unteroffizier Albert Brett (7./JG 1) in a Me 109.
B-17 42-31097 / Mission Belle Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | F/O | Harland Vernon Sunde | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | James William Sweaney | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Roger George Christensen | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | O. D. Tully | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | William Powell England | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Claudio Stefano Carano | POW | - |
| BT | SGT | Doyle Cash McCutchen | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | Carlton Arthur Josephson | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Charles Jones Culver | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | John Aloysius Healy | KIA | - |
17. August 2018 access_time 10:50
2nd RELATED LINK TO THE B-17 42-31097 / MISSION BELLE:
http://www.missionbelle.nl
17. August 2018 access_time 10:52
Thank you, added to the list.
19. August 2018 access_time 6:49
42-37732?
20. August 2018 access_time 8:04
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