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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-15-BO: 42-31332 bis 42-31431
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 731st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 7D-V
MACR: 2916 / KSU/ME/KU: 1099
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31373 / Flakstop
Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-V] Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Wagner, Radio Operator: Francis Shaffer, Waist gunner: Joe Tracey, Waist gunner: Fred Richmond,Tail gunner: George James (5 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Freeman (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Alan Willis, Navigator: Clyde Martin, Bombardier: Henry Gladys, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don PorterWounded in Action (4 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Staphorst-de-Leijen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2916. FLAKSTOP.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 25. Juni 2022
B-17 42-31373 / Flakstop Details
Foto wurde am 6. März 1944 während des Zielanfluges auf Berlin aufgenommen. Später am gleichen Tag wurde die B-17 #42-31373 Flakstop nahe der deutsch-holländischen Grenze abgeschossen.
B-17 42-31373 / Flakstop Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Charles F. Wagner | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Alan R. Willis | EVD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Clyde J. Martin | EVD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Henry H. Gladys | EVD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Donald Arthur Porter | EVD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Francis Shaffer | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Lloyd J. Freeman | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Joseph E. Tracy Jr. | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Frederick V. Richmond | KIA | - |
| TG | T/SGT | George Lou James | KIA | - |
25. Dezember 2021 access_time 17:56
My great uncle Clyde Martin was the Navigator of 42-31373 / Flakstop. He escaped capture after bailing out of Flakstop with the help of the brave people of Belgium, Holland and France who risked their lives and their families lives by smuggling him through German occupied territories. He kept a small windmill in his backyard to remember the wonderful people that helped smuggle him back to allied lines. I know he went back to Europe several times to visit the people that helped him. Our family is forever grateful to those people.