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Quelle:
91stbombgroup.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 bis 43-38273
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LG-T
MACR: 10145
Einsätze: 20
Geschichte der
B-17 43-38202 / Miss Slipstream
Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 16/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned: 322BS/91BG [LG-T] Bassingbourn 18/4/44; MIA {20m} Merseburg 2/11/44 Pilot: Dale Brant (shot on ground), Navigator: John Gustafson (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Chas Hackstock, Bombardier: John Bunch, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Ludwig, Radio Operator: John Peluse, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Hitchcock, Waist Gunner: Jim Wilkey, Tail Gunner: Mikel White (7POW); Enemy aircraft hit both port engines and set on fire, crashed Marbitz, near Halle, Germany. MACR 10145. MISS SLIPSTRAM.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 19. Juli 2019
22. September 2022 access_time 18:48
My step-father, Francis Towner, was the pilot in this A/C in the original crew and flew many missions in it. He was an alternate for the Merseburg raid so was not in the crew that day.