Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 bis 42-32116
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 510th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TU-O
MACR: 5331
Einsätze: 29
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31975 / Queen of the Air
Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Sth Bend 23/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-O] Polebrook 22/2/44; Missing in Action {29m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Horace Hopkins, Co-pilot: Everett Hale, Navigator: Carl Habecker, Bombardier: Dick Atwood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Snyder, Ball turret gunner: Avondle Willhite, Waist gunner: Lyle Norquist,Tail gunner: Norman Bruning (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dwight Suddock (Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Stroh (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed La Maxerelle, near Bas-sur-Meurthe Clefey in Voges Mountains,six miles N of Gerardmer, W of Colmar, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5331. QUEEN OF THE AIR.
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22. Juni 2021 access_time 0:21
Trying to locate a photograph of SSgt Avondle Willhite, waist gunner of B-17 42-31975 / Queen of the Air, KIA. Photo needed for memorial near crash site. Thanks for any help.