
Quelle:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-45-DL: 42-3284 bis 42-3338
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DI-F
Einsätze: 31
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3329 / Skippy
Delivered Denver 14/5/43; Dow Fd 9/6/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-F] Framlingham 15/7/43; detailed Romilly (31m) 5/2/44 with Tom Sutters, Co-pilot: Paul Cooper, Navigator: Leo Haynes{wis}, Bombardier: Walter Lunden{wis}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otto Fugett{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Albt Selvidio, Ball turret gunner: Joe Collector, Waist gunner: Sal DePietro{wis}, Waist gunner: Ernie Peiffer,Tail gunner: Bernard Jensen (10 Returned to Duty); abandoned during assembly and crashed Hounsell Wood, Salehurst, Sx, UK; Salvaged 8/2/44. SKIPPY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 13. August 2021
B-17 42-3329 / Skippy Details
![42-3329 / Skippy - By Sgt. Stanley M. Smith (390th.org) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://b17flyingfortress.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/II_World_War_contrails-1024x816.jpg)
B-17 42-3329 / Skippy Crew
Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | --- | Thomas J. Sutters | RTD | - |
CP | --- | Paul R. Cooper | RTD | - |
NAV | --- | Leo M. Haynes | RTD | - |
BOMB | --- | Walter C. Lunden | RTD | - |
ENG/TT | --- | Otto B. fugett | RTD | - |
RO | --- | Albert J. Selvidio | RTD | - |
BT | --- | Joseph M. Collector | RTD | - |
WG | --- | Salvatore A. DiPietro | RTD | - |
WG | --- | Ernest H. Pfeiffer | RTD | - |
TG | --- | Bernard J. Jensen | RTD | - |
29. Februar 2020 access_time 19:17
I was told I’m related to pilot. Kenneth spinning from new Jersey
12. August 2021 access_time 14:35
My dad, Joseph F. Doyle, was an original Skippy crew member (navigator). He survived 25 missions over Germany and France, most being flown in Skippy. He told me that Skippy was a very reliable aircraft. I believe the Aircraft Commander had the last name of Harmon. My dad’s Skippy jacket is on display at the Pima Air and Space museum in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.
24. Oktober 2021 access_time 21:24
Captain George William Harmon
24. Oktober 2021 access_time 21:27
George Harmon died in Florida in 1976