B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37511 / Jill’s Jalopy

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37511 / Jill’s Jalopy

Hersteller:
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  • RCL: IY-L

MACR: 8204

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Geschichte der
B-17 43-37511 / Jill’s Jalopy

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 5/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 23/5/44; 614BS [IW-Y], 615BS [IY-L]; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Melvin Fish, Navigator: Gene Cramer, Bombardier: Ken Lucas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Smith, Radio Operator: Melvin Warren, Waist gunner: John Hanchak (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Leslie Hauss, Ball turret gunner: Bill Cook,Tail gunner: Jim Huff (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #4, crashed Klein-Thondorf, NE of Uelzen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8204. JILL’S JALOPY.

Zuletzt aktualisiert: 25. Mai 2017

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B-17 43-37511 / Jill’s Jalopy Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P 2LT Melvin S. Fish POW
CP 2LT Leslie H. Hauss KIA
BOMB 2LT Kenneth D. Lucas POW
ENG/TT SGT Warren G. Smith POW
RO SGT Melvin H. Warren POW
BT --- William R. Cook KIA
WG SGT John W. Hanchak POW
TG --- James W. Huff KIA

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