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Quelle:
SDASM Archives
Produktionsblock:
B-17G-40-DL: 44-6001 bis 44-6125
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 351st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WF-J
Einsätze: 28+
Geschichte der
B-17 44-6009 / Flak Eater
Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 1/5/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-J] Chelveston 17/5/44; force landed on continent 4/12/44 but repaired 28+m, then transferred 351BG Polebrook 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. FLAK EATER.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 20. Februar 2019
12. Juni 2022 access_time 12:15
To whom it may concern, S/Sgt. Fred Piper, the belly turret gunner on the “Flak Eater ” has just passed on at the age of 97 years old on May 24th 2022.
The was a crewmembers daughter who had been in contact with him over the years, but I did not know her name in order to let her know about his recent passing.
Fred had served on 36 missions with the 305th BG, 364the SQ…
He had been a lifelong resident of Sedona and the Verde Valley in Arizona..
25. August 2022 access_time 13:58
I met fred in cottonwood az god love him a real hero