Bildquelle/Image-Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 bis 42-32116
Hersteller:
Boeing
- 379th Bomb Group
- 526th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LF-F
MACR: 4876
Geschichte der
B-17 #42-31972 / Game Cook
Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Savannah 21/1/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-F] Kimbolton 22/2/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 13/5/44 with John Wildes, Co-pilot: Sam McDaniel, Navigator: Jim Schaefer, Bombardier: Virgil Gerth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Claypool, Radio Operator: Gordon Tucker, Ball turret gunner: Chas Baldwin, Waist gunner: John Corey,Tail gunner: Joe Carl (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Beldringe Afd, on Funen Is, Den; Missing Air Crew Report 4876. GAME COCK.
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von Kath Claypool Molitor am 07. November 2019 20:48 Uhr
My dad Warren Claypool went down on the Gamecock and was interred in Stalag Luft 4. He was forced marched across Germany until liberated at Bitterfeld Germany
von b17flyingfortress.de am 10. November 2019 11:49 Uhr
Thank you for sharing the information.
Bitterfeld is near to the town where I am living.