Produktionsblock:
B-17F-65-DL: 42-3449 bis 42-3482
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 546th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BK-F
MACR: 748
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3459 / Jolly Roger
Delivered to Cheyenne 26/6/43; Dow Field 29/7/43; Assigned to the 546th BS, squadron code BK-F, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 9/8/43; Missing in Action Nantes 23/9/43 with Philip E. Higdon, Co-pilot: Louis E. Ritt, Navigator: Meyer Begab, Bombardier: Lawrence E. Johnston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James L. Jett, Waist gunner: Willard J. Cronin,Tail gunner: Edward J. Humphrey (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Ardell Bollinger, Ball turret gunner: Joseph Markus Kalas, Waist gunner: Leonard J. Kelly (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4 engines, crashed at Plouguenast, 18 miles South of St Brieux, France. Missing Air Crew Report 748. JOLLY ROGER
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 13. August 2017
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