Produktionsblock:
B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 bis 42-97535
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 730th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 3195
Geschichte der
B-17 42-97525 / Invictus
Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned: 96BG Snetterton 22/2/44; Transferred: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 23/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Frank Stephens, Navigator: Irving Levin, Bombardier: Leon Kloepfer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ben Robertson, Radio Operator: Floyd Benjamin, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Matthews, Waist Gunner: Bill Strayhorn, Waist Gunner: Jim Leonard, Tail Gunner: Joe Lafrance (9POW); Co-Pilot: Bill Mary (KIA); Enemy aircraft, ship broke up, crashed Rothensee, seven miles NE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3195. INVICTUS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. Juli 2018
21. April 2020 access_time 5:58
My Father was Floyd T. Benjamin Of Portland Oregon. He was the radio operator on the Invictus. I am looking for a pictures of the airplane and crew. He passed away in 2002. Any information would be very much welcomed.
02. Januar 2021 access_time 18:56
My brothers next door neighbor is the son of Ben Robertson, the top turret gunner on the mission on which Invictus was shot down. Here is a link to an article telling his story:
https://medium.com/nc-stories-of-service/benjamin-w-robertson-wwii-aaf-gunner-and-german-pow-c286a14e94dc