B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38027 / Heavenly Body

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38027 / Heavenly Body
Allgemein
Hersteller: Douglas
Produktionsblock: , B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 bis 42-38083
Ausgeliefert: Cheyenne
Einsatzgeschichte
Bomber-Gruppe: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomber-Staffel: , 322nd Bomb Squadron
RCL LG-A
MACR 7285
KSU/ME/KU: KU-2529
Schicksal: , Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug
(20 Juli 1944)
Einsätze: 31+
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Geschichte der
B-17 42-38027 / Heavenly Body

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Kearney 4/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-A] Bassingbourn 10/1/44; 31+m Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Lucian Strong, Radio Operator: Steve Bachur, Ball turret gunner: Fay Reber, Waist gunner: Todd Patterson,Tail gunner: Ray Wiedemer (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Lunt, Navigator: Walter Boyd, Bombardier: Oscar Hurst, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Dallas (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft damaged ship which dropped back and was picked on by several more enemy aircraft, crashed Heinrichsort, Germany [10km east of Zwickau]; Missing Air Crew Report 7285. HEAVENLY BODY.

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B-17 42-38027 / Heavenly Body Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P 2LT Lucian S. Strong, Jr. KIA
CP 2LT Richard C. Lunt POW
BOMB 1LT Oscar A, Hurst POW
ENG/TT S/SGT Jack R. Dallas POW
RO S/SGT Steve P. Bachur KIA
BT SGT Fay. P. Reber KIA
WG SGT Todd H. Patterson KIA
TG SGT Raymond C. Wiedemer KIA

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