Produktionsblock:
B-17F-45-BO: 42-5250 bis 42-5349
Hersteller:
Boeing
Geschichte der
B-17 42-5320
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/42; Casper 3/12/42; crashed on take off Casper 8/5/43 with Bob Brown, burned out 6 killed. Written off 19/5/43.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 30. August 2018
23. Mai 2023 access_time 23:30
The crash was in the dark in the early hours of 4 May 1943. My Uncle, 21yr old SSgt William F Baumann, Jr was the flight engineer. The Pilot was Lt Robert C. Brown, the lone survivor. All eight other crew-members died. The plane was part of the 436 BS and 331 BG