Produktionsblock:
B-17F-50-DL: 42-3339 bis 42-3393
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 337th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: AW-L
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3353 / Tar Fly
Delivered Denver 20/5/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 13/7/43;MIA Beaumont Sur Oise 9/9/43 with Edwin Noordewier, Co-pilot: Herman Eitel, Navigator: Francis Kelly, Bombardier: Martin Gelman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sheaves, Radio Operator: W.B. Surratt, Waist gunner: Nathan Karpf, Waist gunner: Bill Garrett (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Orville Sloane,Tail gunner: Lonnie Ogle (2 Killed in Action); flak, crash landed W of Evreux, near Beaumont-Le-Roger, Fr. TAR FLY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 16. März 2018
08. Februar 2022 access_time 2:50
This was my uncle’s plane
It crash landed in France, Sept 43 on way back from a mission to a bomb a Hispana- Souza factory outside of Paris. POW until end of war. There is an exhibit at the AF museum at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs Co that contains his flight jacket, personal items and a R/C model of the TarFly.
08. Juni 2022 access_time 16:12
Hello Jim Sheaves. My uncle (by marriage) was Billy Garrett, the waist gunner on the Tar Fly. As I understand, on the day of the crash he was moved from the waist gunner to another spot…..maybe tail gunner. Because of this he survived. Unfortunately the man who was in his usual position was lost. Your uncle contacted Bill’s wife and daughter, who lived in La Junta, CO and invited them to a presentation at PAFB where he gave them a video tape of the Tar Fly that had been compiled by your uncle and a French man who, as a boy, witnessed the crash. This video was [posted on You Tube for a time but has been removed. I would love to obtain a copy. Bill’s family had this tape but hasn’t been able to find it. Thanks for any help you can provide!
03. Oktober 2023 access_time 15:30
Fred, I am Bill’s granddaughter(Bob’s daughter). We have a VHS that was copied for us and I think there is a DVD floating around. If you email me I can try and get you a copy! There is also an amazing interview with the Library of congress https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.57875/ , if you haven’t seen it you may find it very interesting.
05. November 2023 access_time 15:16
Hello Brie ……. hope you get mu email. Thanks!!