B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-38117 /Touch the Button Nell II

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B-17 42-38117 /Touch the Button Nell II

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; ass 535BS/381BG {MS-T] Ridgewell 26/2/44; {4+m} MIA Tours 4/7/44 Pilot: Bob Bobrof, Co-Pilot: George DeVono, Navigator: Chas Cole, Bombardier: Bernie Goodman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Dell, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Polski, Tail Gunner: Tom Snyder (7KIA); Radio Operator: Clinton Word, Waist Gunner: Ken Hitchcock (2EVD); mech fault, crashed near Amboise, Persac, Fr; MACR 6779. TOUCH THE BUTTON NELL II. (Dug up by French archeological group in Feb. 1986 looking for Roman remains, via crop marks showing from the air, when a farmer pointed out that a US aircraft crashed in that field in WW II ).

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 31. August 2018