B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5801 / Flak Happy

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5801 / Flak Happy

Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega

  • RCL: UX-J

MACR: 656

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Geschichte der
B-17 42-5801 / Flak Happy

Delivered Long Beach 10/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Smoky Hill 31/3/43; Presque Is 14/4/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 22/4/43; 333BS Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-J] Alconbury 28/7/43; Missing in Action Bochum (T/O), Ger 12/8/43 with Paul Casey, Co-pilot: George Kearin, Navigator: Luther Baker, Radio Operator: Dave Penley, Ball turret gunner: Tom Perkins, Waist gunner: Joe Soper, Waist gunner: Audrey Berry,Tail gunner: Elmer Ripley (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Chas Mayo{bailed out too low}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Edwards (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Phillipine, four miles W of Ternuezen, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 656. FLAK HAPPY.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. Juni 2017

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