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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 bis 42-31431
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 322nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LG-Q
MACR: 4236
Einsätze: 18+
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31353 / Queenie
Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Romulus 12/11/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; Missing in Action 18+m Berlin 29/4/44 with Jim Purdy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Fischer, Ball turret gunner: Lou Carusello, Waist gunner: George Johnson, Tail gunner: Ray Rybarski (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Garfield, Navigator: Paul Bunchuk, Bombardier: John Welch, Radio Operator: Emile Bianchi, Waist gunner: Don Itschner (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 & #4 followed by fire, ship then crashed Kladow, Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4236. QUEENIE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 11. Juni 2018
12. Februar 2023 access_time 13:05
The picture of the crew in front of Queenie is NOT the crew that went down. the names don’t match the picture. The crew pictured, my dad, Major Jack R. Mangold, is in the front second from left. They finished their mission quota in early April 1944 before the crash.