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Quelle:
www.306bg.us
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-25-BO: 42-31632 bis 42-31731
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GY-O
MACR: 8829
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31726 / Duration Plus
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 10/2/44; MIA Germany. an oil insts 13/9/44 Pilot: Clayton Nattier, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gerald Bump, Radio Operator: Edwin Block, Ball Turret Gunner: Cecil Richardson, Waist Gunner: Max Kimmel, Tail Gunner: Dick Edwards (6POW); Co-Pilot: Gerald Johnson, Navigator: Bernie Weinstein, Bombardier: Bill Gregory (3KIA); flak, crashed Ammendorf, Ger; MACR 8829. DURATION-PLUS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 24. Januar 2019
02. Juni 2023 access_time 17:03
My Grandfather flew this very B-17. Lt. Ben H. Peters, Pilot. He completed his missions and was back Stateside training pilots prior to Duration Plus being shot down.
14. Januar 2024 access_time 4:24
I believe my father was your grandfather’s tail gunner.
26. Januar 2024 access_time 14:24
My father is under Ben Peter’s, pilot in their crew photo. He was the tail gunner.
10. Januar 2024 access_time 4:02
The Crew (Nattier) was with the 369 BS and lost their wheel brakes and had to go back and reload in “ Duration Plus” a 367th aircraft the day they were shot down.
05. März 2024 access_time 5:11
I got to meet Clayton Nattier. He got to sit in my Falcon 50 one day in Denver Co . He said “ this Falcon instrument panel looks a lot different than the days he was flying”.