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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-DL: 42-37894 bis 42-37988
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 401st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LL-G
Geschichte der
B-17 42-37958 / Old Faithful
Delivered Denver 27/10/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; 36m ex-St Nazaire, sustained battle damage and crash landed Wincanton, Som. UK., 25/6/44 with Peter Mikonis, Co-pilot: Frank Pepper, Navigator: Joe Sullivan, Bombardier: Will Stevens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Anderson, Radio Operator: Doug Deurmyer, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Stein, Waist gunner: Dick Mehlberg,Tail gunner: Dean McDowell (9 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #3, dropped back and eventually reached UK, then wing broke off, crashed Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, near Wincanton, Somerset, UK; Salvaged by 2SAD. OLD FAITHFUL.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Oktober 2018
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