Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 bis 42-97635
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 306th Bomb Group
- 457th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 423rd Bomb Squadron
Geschichte der
B-17 42-97588
Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Phoenix 2/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 7/3/44; transferred 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 12/3/44; returned early from mission to Thionville, Fr. With #2 KOd by flak 23/5/44 with Nelson Troup, Co-pilot: Sanford White, Navigator: Alan Telfer, Bombardier: Bob Hanson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Fajardo,Tail gunner: Alton Speakman (6KIA- in crash); Radio Operator: Larry Arnold, Ball turret gunner: Sherman Herritt, Waist gunner: Joe Kerr (3 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Ford, Sussex, UK, hitting bomb dump and burst into flames. Salvaged.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 11. September 2017
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