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Quelle:
www.remember-our-heroes.nl
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 bis 42-38083
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 614th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IW-Q
MACR: 2661
Geschichte der
B-17 42-38002
Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Grenier 4/12/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-Q] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Vernon Arneson, Co-pilot: Jerome Kleinburg, Navigator: John Dean, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clennie Shultz, Radio Operator: Fred Webb, Ball turret gunner: Armond Provender, Waist gunner: Dave Trambitsky,Tail gunner: Rich Schmidt{when about to bale out found his chute was damaged, (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: George Gilmore{baled out too low}, Waist gunner: Adrian Shutes (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, Schmidt found rest of crew had bailed so he went back to take controls and crash landed in potato field near Alvesse village 13 miles NW of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2661.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 5. Mai 2017
02. Juli 2024 access_time 14:46
I have photos of this crash scene