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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 bis 42-31231
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 708th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: CG-L
MACR: 3824
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31156 / Big Stoop
Delivered Dallas 26/9/43; Gr Island 13/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CG-L] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Howard Pauling, Co-pilot: Lauren Davis, Bombardier: Paul Scherer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glen Standish, Waist gunner: Leo Kingston,Tail gunner: Elvin Albaum (6 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Ernie Morman, Radio Operator: Paul Knight, Ball turret gunner: Jim Prusa, Waist gunner: Henry McCowan (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crash landed Bornholm Is, near Ibsker, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 3824. BIG STOOP.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. März 2018
B-17 42-31156 / Big Stoop Details
05. April 2022 access_time 22:48
My dad was the ball turret gunner on this crew. I met nearly everyone of these fine gentlemen over the years – now all gone. Paul Knight and Henry ‘Hank’ McCowan were POWs with my dad in Stallag-Luft 17 – like my uncles.
Feel free to contact me: jimprusa@hotmail.com or jgp@Alumni-GSB.Stanford.edu