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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 bis 42-39957
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 322nd Bomb Squadron
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LG-L
MACR: 2642
Geschichte der
B-17 42-39898 / Boston Bombshell
Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 332BS/91BG Bassingbourn 13/12/43; then 322BS [LG-L]; 14m Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with William Wood, Co-pilot: John Mullens, Navigator: Marv Anderson, Bombardier: Louis Dobbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Casimir Lekowski, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Mouton, Waist gunner: Jim Purton,Tail gunner: Bob Mueller (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Garner Walters, Waist gunner: Woodrow Wade (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crash landed Flintrup, near Freckenhorst, three miles S of Warendorf, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2642. BOSTON BOMBSHELL.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 28. Juni 2020
B-17 42-39898 / Boston Bombshell Details
Augenzeugenaussage aus MACR 2642
Flugzeug B-17G 42-39898, war von feindlichen Flugzeugen angegriffen worden und wurde zuletzt beobachtet, als Triebwerk Nummer drei (3) brannte und an Höhe verlor, aber unter Kontrolle war. Teile des Triebwerks schienen abzufallen, als das Flugzeug versuchte, die darunter liegende Wolkenebene zu erreichen. Es wurde beobachtet, wie das Flugzeug in die Wolken eindrang, deren Gipfel 8000 Fuß hoch waren.
B-17 42-39898 / Boston Bombshell Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | William D. Wood | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | John D. Mullens | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Marvin D. Anderson | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Louie R. Dobbs | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Casmer W. Lekowski | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Garner Walters, Jr. | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Oscar J. Mouton, Jr. | POW | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Woodrow Wade | KIA | - |
| WG | T/SGT | James E. Purton | POW | - |
| TG | T/SGT | Robert A. Mueller | POW | - |
22. Januar 2022 access_time 5:20
Casmer Lekowski was my uncle. He was not POW they thought that he was. But some Nuns rescued him and hid him and nursed him back to health I don’t remember how long that he was missing before he finally got found and sent back home. I think it was over a year. I know that the Army sent my grandmother a check because they declared him dead and she refused to cash the check because she said that she did not believe that he was dead. And he wasn’t