Produktionsblock:
B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 bis 43-37873
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
Einsätze: 37
Geschichte der
B-17 43-37806 / Miss Fortune
Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Grenier 16/6/44; Assigned: 486BG Sudbury 18/6/44; Transferred: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 19/6/44; during assembly for Chemnitz 6/2/45 Pilot: George Thompson, Co-Pilot: Wetterstein was killed when chute failed, rest of crew ”, mid air coll w/43-37894 (490BG) aircraft crashed Wicken, Cambs. UK, two civilians killed; (8RTD ‘); Salvaged. MISS FORTUNE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 5. Januar 2019
B-17 43-37806 / Miss Fortune Details
Kollision in der Luft mit der B-17 #43-37894 Big Poison am 06. Februar 1945.
B-17 43-37806 / Miss Fortune Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | George F. Thompson Jr. | RTD | - |
| CP | 1LT | Robert Arnold Wettersten | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Harold W. Guthrie | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | John J. Kotlarz | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Carl Otto Sievers | RTD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Elmer E. Rust | RTD | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Edwin A. Ellis | RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | John D. Keesee | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William D. Grant | RTD | - |
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