Produktionsblock:
B-17G-65-BO: 43-37509 bis 43-37673
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 339th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OJ-H
MACR: 7412
Geschichte der
B-17 43-37573
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 28/5/44; MIA Regensburg 21/7/44 Pilot: George Beaudry, Navigator: Jim Gaston, Ball Turret Gunner: Cliff Ramage (3KIA); Co-Pilot: Donald Demmert, Bombardier: Jerome Johnson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Matheson, Radio Operator: Harry Jordan, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Whaley, Tail Gunner: Claud Radcliffe (6POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Russenhoffen rail road, Germany. MACR 7412.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. März 2024
04. Juni 2020 access_time 7:09
Lt. George Beaudry graduated
(pilot’s wings and officer’s commission) with my uncle Lt. Lawrence B. Assell from Marfa Army Airfield, Texas on November 3, 1943 and escorted my uncle’s
remains home to Los Angeles when he was killed in the crash of a B-17G on Guadalupe Peak, Texas on 12/23/1943 while both were in 4-engine school at Roswell Army Airfield in New Mexico. George is buried at the American Cemetery at St Avold, France; my uncle is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.
04. Juni 2020 access_time 16:09
Thank you for sharing!
I found your uncle’s B-17 in the database:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31688/
18. März 2024 access_time 22:06
My father, Donald Demmert, was the Co-Pilot on this plane when it was shot down. His last name is spelled wrong in the crew list. He was captured by the Germans and was a POW in Stalag Luft 1 until the end of the war. He used to say that “he was one of the lucky ones”. Thanks for the amazing database!
19. März 2024 access_time 9:50
Thank you, I have updated his name in the crew list.