Produktionsblock:
B-17G-105-BO: 43-39074 bis 43-39273
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 398th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 600th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: N8-M
MACR: 12650
Geschichte der
B-17 43-39128 / Beatty’s 8-Balls
Delivered Lincoln 9/12/45; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-M] Nuthampstead 13/2/45; (4m) Missing in Action Wittenberg, Ger 22/2/45 with Hubert Beatty, Co-pilot: Jim Honaker, Navigator: Jim Luna (3 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Urie Zook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Moore, Radio Operator: Jim Godsey, Ball turret gunner: Bernard Bagley, Waist gunner: Alva Freeman,Tail gunner: John Conway (6 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft hit #1 & #2, crashed Altendorf, NE of Brunswick; Missing Air Crew Report 12650. BEATTY’S 8-BALLS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. Mai 2017
30. Januar 2023 access_time 23:12
My dad was the tail gunner on Beattys 8 balls. He told me on numerous occasions that Urie Zook died in his arms from friendly fire while being transported by train to a new POW camp.