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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 bis 42-37893
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 562nd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3089
Einsätze: 29
Geschichte der
B-17 42-37886 / Blitzing Betsy
Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; ass 562BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Lowell Watts{captured by civilians}, Co-Pilot: Bob Kennedy, Navigator: Emmett Murphy, Bombardier: Ed Kelley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Ramsey, Radio Operator: Ivan Finkle (6POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Sweeney, Waist Gunner: Don Taylor, Waist Gunner: Ray Hess, Tail Gunner: Harry Brassfield (4KIA); Enemy aircraft attack, causing mid-air collision w/42-40054 (388BG), crashed near Zwartemeer, nr Emmen, Hol. MACR 3089. BLITZIN’ BETTY.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. März 2019
B-17 42-37886 / Blitzing Betsy Details
Kollision in der Luft mit der B-17 #42-40054 am 06. März 1944.
B-17 42-37886 / Blitzing Betsy Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Lowell Hoyt Watts | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Robert Maxwell Kennedy | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Emmett John Murphy | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Edward J. Kelley Jr. | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Joseph Bryan Ramsey | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Ivan Nathan Finkle | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Robert M. Sweeney | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Donald Willis Taylor | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Raymond Edwin Hess | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Harold Adrian Brassfield | KIA | - |
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