Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 bis 42-97635
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- 413th Bomb Squadron
Geschichte der
B-17 42-97561 / Bachelor’s Heaven
Delivered Denver 21/12/43; 1SAG Langley 12/1/44; Scott 18/1/44; Langley 21/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG Snetterton (H2X) 3/2/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-S] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/44; on practice mission 7/11/44 with John Dyatt, com.pilot-Capt Stan Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Gustavson, pass-LAC Archie Coward (RAF clerk), pass-LAC Les Orrom (RAF ord), pass-Cpl Dave Postlethwaite (RAF armorer) (6 Killed in Service); Navigator: Ralph Bohisson (wis, Bombardier: Preston Wallace, lead nav-Harry Tennebaum, Radio Operator: Nelson McClain, Waist gunner: Gus Kienitz,Tail gunner: Cornelius Romano wis, pass-Fl/Lt Duck King (i/c RAF party) wis (7 Returned to Duty); recorded that flare set off to indicate lead ship exploded in fuselage, aircraft caught fire and crashed Felixstowe, Sfk, UK. destroying cottages and a chapel, sal 9/11/44. BACHELOR’S HEAVEN.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 24. Januar 2018
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