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Quelle:
www.missinginaction.be
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 bis 42-5904
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GX-D
MACR: 387A
Geschichte der
B-17 42-5886 / The Jolly Roger
Delivered Long Beach 21/4/43; Denver 5/3/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-D] Gt Ashfield 24/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43. Enemy aircraft, crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht a/fd, on the Holl/Bel. Border. Missing Air Crew Report 387A. THE JOLLY ROGER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 11. März 2020
B-17 42-5886 / The Jolly Roger Details
Mehr Informationen über B-17 #42-5886 The Jolly Roger, insbesondere das Schicksal des Heckschützen S/Sgt. Joe Schreppel:
B-17 42-5886 / The Jolly Roger Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Paul A. Sommers | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Herbert W. Brown | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Hugh T. McClatchey | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Henri S. Walker | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Bruno M. Gallerani | EVD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Olin L. Wieneke | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | James H. Brown | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Larry B. Stokes | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Parker F. Crabtree | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Joe Schreppel | KIA | - |
05. April 2021 access_time 14:09
It was my father (Gust Helsen – member of the Belgian Underground and an escapeline for downed airmen) who did the interrogation of Bruno Gallerani to control his identity. After the positive identification (every airmen had a personal token), he send him into the escape line. Bruno Gallerani passed the Pyrenées and arrived back on his airfield Great Ashfield (385th bomb group). BBC-radio transmitted his safe return with the sentence: Napoleon is in Waterloo.
05. April 2021 access_time 14:11
Wonderful story of your father. Thank you for sharing!
05. Oktober 2022 access_time 20:59
Sir, Bruno is a close dear friend! I am trying to bring him over to visit next year; I am currently in the US Air Force, and did the same job as him on modern aircraft. Please contact me if able, so we could possibly meet if all this works out!
07. Oktober 2022 access_time 13:42
Dear, For more information you may contact me. I received (in the name of my father who passed away in 2004) from the US-Ambassador in Belgium in February 2022 a medal from The White House. I found in my father’s archive also a thankletter from the US Army – detachment MIS-X and the British Army of the Rhine.
08. Oktober 2022 access_time 11:00
I don’t know if my answer was sent correctly yesterday. If you want more information, don’t hesitate to contact me. I received in Feb 2022 in the name of my father a medal of The White House through the US Ambassador in Belgium. In my father’s archive I found a thankletter from the US-Army-detachment MIS-X (one of the most secret organisations of the US-Army during WOII)
24. Juni 2022 access_time 4:56
Wifes uncle was Joe Schreppel KIA from the JOLLEY ROGER
Look up SGT.JOE SCHREPPEL on line, Its a great story of what happened to the Jolley Roger and 1 crew member.