Produktionsblock:
B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 bis 42-32116
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- 483rd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 96th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4793
Geschichte der
B-17 42-32022 / Lonesome Polecat
Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; MacDill 30/1/44; Morrison 5/3/44; Assigned 483BG Tortorella 15/3/44; transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 31/3/44; Missing in Action {10m} Brasov 6/5/44 with Bob Weiss, Bombardier: George Thomas, Radio Operator: Julius Entrekin, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Earl, Waist gunner: Willard Curtiss, Waist gunner: Leslie Wolfe,Tail gunner: Ivan Foster (7 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Neil Coady, Navigator: Edwin Bentley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Ford (3POW-actually captured by Chetnick partisans and sold to Germans for $30 each!); #3 & #4 engines out and 10 chutes seen; crashed ?; Missing Air Crew Report 4793. LONESOME POLECAT.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 31. Dezember 2017
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