Produktionsblock:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 bis 42-31231
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 511th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DS-B
MACR: 1980
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31179 / Stinky Weather
Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Wilmington 31/10/43; Assigned: 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 23/12/43; MIA {2m} Bordeaux 31/12/43 Pilot: Warren Putnam, Co-Pilot: Tom Irvine, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Prater, Ball Turret Gunner: Albt Custer (4KIA), Bombardier: Jack Wood, Radio Operator: Wesley Greene, Waist Gunner: John Gilson, Waist Gunner: Bob Diehl, Tail Gunner: Jack McKinney (5POW), Navigator: Irving Shwayder (EVD); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Kervers/Paimpol, 23 miles NW of St Brieux, Fr. MACR 1980. STINKY WEATHER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 1. März 2018
29. April 2022 access_time 20:04
We visited the river Jaudy last April during our exploration of the coast of Cotes D’Armor. We are British, & live now in Brittany. Having grown up ion a farm in Suffolk, England, near RAF Mildenhall, RAF Lakenheath & RAF Shepherds Grove, I am very aware of the essential part played by the 8th AirForce in World War II. We found the memorial stele to DS -B “Stinky Weather” & her crew on the banks of the river. It is in good condition, & is maintained by the Mayor’s office at Kerbors. We are impressed by the words ” They died for our Liberty. Passers by remember.!” Our late friend & neighbour Jean Nigouen, dairy farmer, served in the Resistance in the Carnoet group & never spoke of it. His medals on his coffin told me something of his history as a teenager in occupied France. God Bless all Americans who served in the 8th Airforce. They helped to ensure our liberty too!
24. Dezember 2022 access_time 17:54
My grandfather Wesley Fleatus Greene was the side gunner & radio operator of Stinky Weather. I only recently discovered there is a memorial to his fallen flight members. And at the same time, I discovered that only a few miles away, there is a SECOND Memorial at Musee Des Forteresses Volantes for his entire crew and for the crew of B-17 Yardbird right next to the road in front of the building in the town of Pleubian. I would give anything to be able to fly to France & see these monuments. The one in Pleubian (GPS Co-ordinates 48°50.049 N 3°8.967 W) has all of the names of both aircraft on it with photos of some of the crew who perished.