B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31473 / My Baby

B-17 #42-31473 / My Babyzoom_in

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Hersteller:
Boeing

MACR: 8109

Einsätze: 95

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Geschichte der
B-17 42-31473 / My Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt Falls 10/11/43; Gr Island 26/11/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/12/43 (first G in sqd); {29m} transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action (95m) Moravska Ostrova, Czech. 29/8/44 with Bob McCloskey, Navigator: Willard Netzley, Bombardier: John Curran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Jones (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Helveston(died next day in German hospital), Bombardier: John Curran, Radio Operator: Edwin Everett, Ball turret gunner: Luther Durrette, Waist gunner: Chas Munden, Waist gunner: Harry Schirmer,Tail gunner: Elmer Pruitt (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bohmen, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 8109. MY BABY.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. September 2020

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B-17 42-31473 / My Baby Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P 2LT Robert O. McCloskey POW
CP 2LT Harold W. Helveston, Jr. KIA
ENG/TT S/SGT James A. Jones POW
RO S/SGT Edwin R. Everett KIA
BT SGT Luther L. Durrette KIA
WG S/SGT Harold Schirmer KIA
WG SGT Charles A. Munden KIA
TG SGT Elmer J. Pruitt, Jr. KIA
TOG SGT John J. Curran POW

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