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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-35-BO: 42-5079 bis 42-5149
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 422nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JJ-S
MACR: 15543
Geschichte der
B-17 42-5146
Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; Presque Is 28/11/42; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-S] Chelveston 7/12/42; MIA Paris 4/4/43 Pilot: Herschel Ellis, Co-Pilot: Gene Gwyer, Navigator: Ray Rahner, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Malcolm Logan, Radio Operator: Stan Tucker, Waist Gunner: Bill Humberston, Waist Gunner: Ray Turner, Tail Gunner: Vito Pasquariello (8POW); Bombardier: Archie Parker {body found in wreckage}, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Withus (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Lery, near Les Andelys, Fr. MACR 15543.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 22. Mai 2021
B-17 42-5146 Details
Abgeschossen von Wilhelm-Ferdinand „Wutz“ Galland – Bruder von Adolf Galland. Wutz schoss auch die B-17 #42-5232 / Available Jones an diesem Tag ab. Diese beiden B-17 waren seine Abschüsse 36 und 37.
B-17 42-5146 Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Herschel B. Ellis | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Eugene G. Gwyer | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Raymond M. Rahner | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Malcolm H. Logan | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Stanley Tucker | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | William G. Withus | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William T. Humberston | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Raymond M. Turner | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Vito T. Pasquariello | POW | - |
| TOG | SGT | Archibald B. Parker | KIA | - |
29. Mai 2025 access_time 5:56
Navigator Raymond M. Rahner would later become a well-loved TV personality in Chicago under the name Ray Rayner. His morning TV show on WGN Channel 9 featured a feisty pet duck named „Chelveston“ after Ray’s wartime base.