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Quelle:
www.306bg.us
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-55-DL: 42-3394 bis 42-3422
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 367th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GY-V
MACR: 255
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3406 / Big Operator
Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; Smoky Hill 9/7/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-V] Thurleigh 4/8/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bill Cunningham, Co-pilot: Walter Bolte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Bayne, Radio Operator: Doyle Persson, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Roberts, Waist gunner: John Seaman, Waist gunner: Bob Brucks,Tail gunner: Harry Gotcher (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Theo Pochily, Bombardier: Morris Butler (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Hommerich, 13 miles NE Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 255. BIG OPERATOR.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 20. Juli 2017
25. Januar 2024 access_time 23:13
This aircraft was also Named “Spirit of Franklin County, Missouri.” The Co-Pilot Walter Bolte was a native of Franklin County, MO.