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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 bis 42-31631
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DF-N, OR-D
Einsätze: 67
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31579 / Betty Lou’s Buggy
Delivered Cheyenne 23/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Milwaukee 14/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-N] Bassingbourn 1/2/44 BETTY LOU’S BUGGY; 323BS [OR-D]; crash landed RAF Chilbolton 27/4/44, repaired 2 SAD Lt Staughton, ret 23/5/44; on night flying training op 14/9/44 with Chas Kirkham, Co-pilot: Ed Gates, Navigator: Lauri Kivimaki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Griswold, pass (v)- Emil DeQuardo (5 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 30/9/44. 67m declared W/W, transferred SAD Watton. BETTY LOU’S BLOCK BUSTER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 25. Mai 2018
27. Mai 2020 access_time 17:12
My grandfather Capt. Arvid A. Malvik used to tell a story about making an emergency landing in a Brussel sprout field and having to eat Brussel sprouts for three days until they got picked up.