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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!