zoom_in
Quelle:
www.forcedlandingcollection.se
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 bis 42-39857
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 350th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LN-X
MACR: 2427
Geschichte der
B-17 42-39792 / Half & Half
Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 29/9/43; Missing in Action Rostock 20/2/44 with Art Harris, Co-pilot: John Dutka, Navigator: Morris West, Bombardier: Albt Marchiondo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Graffhoff, Radio Operator: Rene Tujaguo, Ball turret gunner: Don Petrecca, Waist gunner: John Martin, Waist gunner: Lester Errett,Tail gunner: Fred Kaczynski (10INT); enemy aircraft set fire to #2, crashed Tofthogs Gard, Swed. Missing Air Crew Report 2427. HALF & HALF.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 12. Oktober 2017
26. Februar 2023 access_time 20:51
Looking for any information on Thorpe Abbotts missing in action on 20/2/44 on B-17 Half & Half B-17 42-39792. Wanting to honor him with a monument for his service.
09. März 2023 access_time 15:44
I was a little mixed up on my previous e-mail. Thorpe Abbotts was the base in England that the bomber Half & Half flow out of, Serial Number42-39792. I am looking for information on Lester Errett, I believe a tail gunner on the aircraft 100th Bomb group 350th Bomb Squadron.