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| Allgemein | |
|---|---|
| Hersteller: | Boeing |
| Produktionsblock: | , B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 bis 42-31731 |
| Einsatzgeschichte | |
|---|---|
| Bomber-Gruppe: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomber-Staffel: | , 510th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | TU-S |
| MACR | 5334 |
| Schicksal: |
, Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug (28 Mai 1944) |
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31721 / Black Magic
Delivered Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-S] Polebrook 29/1/44; {36m} Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Clyde McClelland, Co-pilot: Dick Francis, Navigator: John Duncan, Bombardier: George Kiely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Poole, Radio Operator: Leon Kriesky, Ball turret gunner: Nathan Williams, Waist gunner: Junior Edwards (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Leroy Cruse (KIA- when in chute shot by civilian); enemy aircraft KOd #1 and #2 on return, then lost a third, crashed Mernes, five miles E of Bad Orb, 25 miles SW of Fulda, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5334. BLACK MAGIC.
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05. Juni 2019 access_time 18:57
There are still a Lot of parts at the Crash place…just twenty minutes from my hohe..
09. Januar 2023 access_time 22:35
Hello, I am doing a biography on Richard Francis, co-pilot. Could you be so kind to send some pictures of the crash site for his daughter. Richard survived. Thank you!!!!
01. August 2025 access_time 11:38
Hello. If you still interrested about the Crashsite. I was Part of an archeogical Research there.
greetings from Germany