Produktionsblock:
B-17F-60-DL: 42-3423 bis 42-3448
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-W
MACR: 1024
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3433 / Lena
Delivered Denver 12/6/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 18/7/43; ground looped at Langford Lodge, N. Ireland 25/7/43 with John Kelly, rest OK?; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Bob Kramer, Ball turret gunner: Don Glaze, Waist gunner: George White (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ed Connelly, Navigator: Hugh Geiger, Bombardier: Tom Casey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Deane Todd, Radio Operator: Jim Watkins, Waist gunner: Fred Moore,Tail gunner: Harvey James (7 Prisoner of War); flak blew off right wing, crashed Castle Lembeck, five miles N of Dorsten, 25 miles SW of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1024. LENA.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 5. Oktober 2017
25. Februar 2024 access_time 19:39
Greetings, The nickname listed for B-17 42-3433 as “Lena” should be corrected to “Leona”. The Fort was named after Pilot Bob Kramer (KIA)’s wife Leona. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-the-road-steve-hartman-old-films-found-in-an-attic-bring-a-lost-love-story-to-life/