Produktionsblock:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 bis 42-5904
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- 100th Bomb Group
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LP-D
MACR: 675
Geschichte der
B-17 #42-5860 / Poontang aka Escape Kit
Delivered Long Beach 30/3/43; Denver 2/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill Fd 17/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-P] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43 as POONTANG (never painted on); Missing in Action Schweinfurt (Regensburg) 17/8/43 with Curtis Biddick, Co-pilot: Dick Snyder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Godbey, Radio Operator: Bob DeKay (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dennis, Bombardier: Dan McKay, Ball turret gunner: Walt Halunka, Waist gunner: Howard Brock, Waist gunner: Bill Blank,Tail gunner: Clarence Bowlin (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit nose which caught fire, crashed Schweinberg, 18 miles SW of Wurtzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 675. ESCAPE KIT.
Crew 42-5860 / Poontang aka Escape Kit
| Position | Rang/Rank | Name | Status | Bemerkung/Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Curtis R. Biddick | KIA | never found |
| CP | F/O | Richard L. Snyder | KIA | found months later, still hanging in tree |
| NAV | 2LT | John C. Dennis | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Dan B. McKay | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Lawrence E. Godbey | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert R. DeKay | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Walter Halunka | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Clarence R. Bowlin | POW | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Howard J. Brock | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William M. Blank | POW | - |
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