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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 bis 42-5904
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DF-J
MACR: 16136
Geschichte der
B-17 42-5857
Delivered Long Beach 27/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 with John Miller, Co-pilot: Roscoe Black, Navigator: John Ragsdale, Radio Operator: Oscar Stuart, Waist gunner: Curtiss Pope, Waist gunner: Ron Taylor (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Dave Snow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Spofford, Ball turret gunner: Francis Trahan,Tail gunner: Newell Lane (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Schortens, seven miles W of Wilhelmshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16136.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 21. Mai 2021
B-17 42-5857 Details
B-17 42-5857 Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | John H. Miller | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Roscoe V. Black, Jr. | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | John O. Ragsdale, Jr. | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | David F. Snow | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | William D. Spofford, Jr. | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Oscar L. Stuart | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Francis R. Trahan | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Ronald Taylor | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Curtiss B. Pope | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Newell R. Lane | POW | - |
22. Mai 2021 access_time 16:43
This was my dads outfit..He was radio op on Rapsody In Red..His name was Harry Mitchell flew every mission and came home..
24. Mai 2021 access_time 6:43
Roscoe V. Black, Jr (copilot) was my uncle. I wrote an account of his last mission in 2013, compiled from first-hand accounts by Wm Spofford and David Snow along with 91st BG records.
http://lodoart.blogspot.com/2013/
24. Mai 2021 access_time 9:49
Thank you for sharing your blog. Very interesting details. Well done!