Produktionsblock:
B-17F-50-DL: 42-3339 bis 42-3393
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- 351st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: EP-H, LN-H
MACR: 949
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3386 / Marie Helena
Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 7/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-H] Thorpe Abbotts 23/8/43; transferred to 350BS [LN-H]; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Rich Gormley, Co-pilot: Ed Fox, Navigator: Pete Motta, Bombardier: Bill Heath, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jay McPhee, Radio Operator: Dale Von Seggern, Ball turret gunner: Don Hilton, Waist gunner: Bill Avery, Waist gunner: Chas Presley,Tail gunner: Clay Rife (10 Killed in Action), coll with FW190, crashed Bellingwolde, 28 miles E of Groningen, Holl.; Missing Air Crew Report 949. MARIE HELENA.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. September 2017
01. Mai 2019 access_time 19:15
The pilot of this plane was Raymond J.Gormley, the bombardier was William Heath,
ball turret was Donald Hilton, waist gunner was Charles Presley, ball turret gunner was Donald R Hilton,, navigator was Peter J. Motta.
This plane collided with a FW 190-A5 pilot of this plane was Oblt Erich Hondt. Survived and was for 1 year in a Hospital in Groningen. He past away in 1978.
One brother of William J. Heath visit the crash site of his brother in 2005.