Produktionsblock:
B-17G-30-BO: 42-31732 bis 42-31931
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 2370
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31838
Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 29/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Bill Gingold, Co-pilot: Clyde Gunderson, Bombardier: Walter Koch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Schinner, Radio Operator: Leon Mecklenburg, Waist gunner: Rudie Blomseth, Waist gunner: Vernon Nelson (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Thornhillthrown out on explosion, Ball turret gunner: Merle Willumsendirect hit on turret,Tail gunner: Tom Dowdashot out of tail (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines then ship exploded, crashed Voltlage, 12 miles NE of Devern, Ger.[German records give crash site as Sudmerzen]. Missing Air Crew Report 2370. SACK TIME CHARLIE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 10. April 2018
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