Produktionsblock:
B-17F-70-DL: 42-3483 bis 42-3503
B-17G-1-DL: 42-3483 bis 42-3503
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 510th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TU-C
MACR: 1981
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3495
Delivered Denver 17/7/43; Rapid City 8/7/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-C] Polebrook 20/9/43; Missing in Action {9m} Cognac/Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Ralph Saville, Co-pilot: Bill Playford, Bombardier: Alphonse Elsaesser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gilbert Morris, Radio Operator: George Leonard, Ball turret gunner: John Myrick{suffered frozen feet in Pyrenees, Spain, ret. UK & hospitalised} Waist gunner: George Kelly,Tail gunner: Irvin Gassaway (7 evaded capture), Navigator: Ray Light, Bombardier: Alphonse Elsaesser, Waist gunner: Sid Pulver{sev. wia} (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crash landed Saint-Seurin de Cadourne, 15 miles NE of Hourtin Vandice, 30 miles NW Bordeaux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1981.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 10. Februar 2018
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