B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3517 / Happy Warrior

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3517 / Happy Warrior
  • RCL: YB-O

MACR: 2773 / KSU/ME/KU: 895

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B-17 42-3517 / Happy Warrior

Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 27/9/43; Missing in Action {15m} Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with Rich Caughman, Navigator: John Avery, Radio Operator: John Mattila, Ball turret gunner: Paul Young, Waist gunner: Gene Colburn,Tail gunner: Jim McGinty (6 evaded capture); Co-pilot: John Boehn, Bombardier: Rich Perkins, Waist gunner: Howard Langer (3 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Strassburger (Killed in Action); flak, on return crashed Grattepanche, eight miles S of Amiens, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2773. HAPPY WARRIOR.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 3. April 2022

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B-17 42-3517 / Happy Warrior Details

Brannte; durch Flak und Jäger sehr schwer beschädigt.

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B-17 42-3517 / Happy Warrior Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P 1LT Richard B. Caughman EVD
CP 2LT John V. Boehn POW
BOMB 1LT Richard E. S. Perkins POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Eugene C. Strassburger KIA
RO T/SGT John C. Mattila EVD
BT S/SGT Paul B. Young EVD
WG S/SGT Howard M. Langer POW
WG S/SGT Eugene A. Colburn EVD
TG SGT James W. McGinty EVD

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