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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 bis 42-38083
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DF-H
MACR: 4046
Einsätze: 21
Geschichte der
B-17 42-38006 / Hoosier Hot Shot
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; ass 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 8/1/44; {21m} MIA Kassel 19/4/44 Pilot: Stan Swensum, Co-Pilot: Leon Lindroth, Navigator: Jim Caravolas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Stevens, Radio Operator: Theodore Bacho, Ball Turret Gunner: Amos Anderson, Waist Gunner: Charles Gessnor, Waist Gunner: Edwin Arnett (8POW); Bombardier: Ernie Bunte, Tail Gunner: Mike Schumacher (2KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, set on fire and ship exploded on way down to crash near Waldkappel, 20 miles SE of Kassel, Germany. MACR 4046. HOOSIER HOT SHOT.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. Februar 2020
02. Februar 2020 access_time 3:03
Hoosier Hot Shot radio operator’s last name spelling is Bacho.
I’m his son, Theodore Bacho Jr. Thank you.
02. Februar 2020 access_time 10:32
Thank you!
I have corrected the name of your father.