Produktionsblock:
B-17G-40-BO: 42-97058 bis 42-97172
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 2nd Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 20th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 8763
Geschichte der
B-17 42-97159 / Tail End Charlie
Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Savannah 22/2/44; Homstead 17/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 17/3/44; Missing in Action Moravska Ostrova, Czech 29/8/44 with Bill Tune, Co-pilot: Francis Flynn, Navigator: Loy Dickinson,ettg-Tom Coogan, Radio Operator: Bob Kirsch, Waist gunner: Joe Owslanik (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Russ Meyrick, Ball turret gunner: Joe Marinello (2KIA – both found in plane wreckage); Waist gunner: Joe Sallings,Tail gunner: Bob Donahue (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Boikowitz, Czech?; Missing Air Crew Report 8763. TAIL END CHARLIE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 28. Juli 2017
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