Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 bis 42-32116
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 335th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OE-X
MACR: 2982 / KSU/ME/KU: 1116
Einsätze: 9
Geschichte der
B-17 42-32002 / Berlin First
Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Gr Island 30/1/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-X] Horham 11/2/44; 9m, Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Tom Barksdale, Co-pilot: Dave Atwood, Navigator: Fred Biddle, Bombardier: Gus Briding, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Kovich, Radio Operator: Edgar Jurist, Ball turret gunner: Andy Brown, Waist gunner: Chas Hatton, Waist gunner: Paul Fredenburg, Tail gunner: Jim Jackson (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, leveled off then #2 caught fire, crashed Barnsdorf, near railtrack to Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2982. BERLIN FIRST.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 6. März 2021
B-17 42-32002 / Berlin First Details
B-17G 42-32002, geflogen von 2nd Lt. Thomas L. Barksdale, wurde um 12:10 Uhr nördlich von Osnabrück, Deutschland, auf dem Weg ins Ziel von feindlichen Jägern getroffen. Das Triebwerk Nummer 2 fing Feuer und das Flugzeug stürzte ab. Es wurden fünf Fallschirme gesehen, die das Flugzeug verließen.
Quelle: MACR 2982
B-17 42-32002 / Berlin First Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Thomas L. Barksdale | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | David B. Atwood | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Fred O. Biddle | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | August J. Briding | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Mike Kovich | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Edgar A. Jurist | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Andrew James Brown | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Earl S. Fredenburg | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Charles H. Hatton | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | James G. Jackson | POW | - |
03. Dezember 2017 access_time 18:34
Dave Atwood, co-pilot, was my father. Retired Command Pilot B-52s, died August 1, 1994 in Miami, FL, where he retired with his family. Wife Alice, sons Paul(died Aug 1968), and Charles; Daughters Susan and Nancy.
23. April 2018 access_time 7:46
My 2nd cousin, Andrew J. Brown, was a turret gunner who died trying to put out the fire on the plane. He died as a result of the emergency landing. Have not yet located the full citation but here is what I have “March 24, 1945.—-Mrs. Lula L. Brown, Jayton (Texas), has received citations posthumously awarding her son. T.-Sgt. Andrew J. Brown, Air Corps, the Silver Star, the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf clusters, representing three additional awards. The Silver Star was awarded “for gallantry in action while returning from a heavy bombardment mission June 4, 1944. Shortly before arriving at the base, fire of undetermined origin broke out, and fed by oxygen, quickly ‘turned the plane into a blazing inferno’. The crew started bailing out, but Sergeant Brown, top turret gunner, grabbed an extinguisher and desperately endeavored to bring the fire under control”….
23. April 2018 access_time 9:02
Andrew J. Brown is listed as POW with this B-17 on March 06 1944. I am not sure, if your 2nd cousin was the same Andrew J. Brown on this B-17.