B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31497 / Round Trip Jeannie

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B-17 42-31497 / Round Trip Jeannie

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 13/12/43; Westover 16/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; MIA Cottbus 11/4/44 Pilot: Bob Hesse, Co-Pilot: Bob Gatewood, Navigator: Theo Noga, Bombardier: Leo Bach, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Brua Hollenbeck, Radio Operator: Frank Sexton, Ball Turret Gunner: Bernie Blanch, Waist Gunner: Alvin Nelson, Tail Gunner: Roy Puryear (9POW); flak, crashed Welkenberg, six miles SW of Weisswasser, Germany. MACR 3821. (First group loss with only a nine man crew-less a waist gunner) ROUND TRIP JEANNIE.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 17. November 2018