Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 bis 42-97635
Hersteller:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 381st Bomb Group
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- 532nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VE-B
Geschichte der
B-17 42-97594 / Dry Gulcher
Delivered Denver 31/12/43; Salt Lake City 4/1/44; 1SAG Langley 25/1/44; Presque Is 27/2/44; Assigned: 324BS/91BG Bassingbourn 27/4/44; Transferred: 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 5/7/44; crash: takeoff for Peenemunde, at Shalford, Ex. UK 4/8/44 Pilot: George Hanley Cuppernall, Co-Pilot: Capt Irving Moore, Navigator: Russ Hadley, Bombardier: Chas Young, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Yankton, Radio Operator: Frank Heinze, obs-Capt Francis Hawkins, Waist Gunner: Loren Murphy, Waist Gunner: Lt Jim Sneed (9RTD), Tail Gunner: Harry Norris (KIA), of the rest only Heinze & Murphy not wia; Salvaged. 5/8/44. DRY GULCHER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 27. September 2022
22. September 2022 access_time 5:09
The navigators name was Russ Hadley, not Radley
27. September 2022 access_time 9:20
Thank you Sharon, I have corrected his name.