B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6126

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6126
Allgemein
Hersteller: Douglas
Produktionsblock: , B-17G-45-DL: 44-6126 bis 44-6250
Einsatzgeschichte
Bomber-Gruppe: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomber-Staffel: , 323rd Bomb Squadron, 324th Bomb Squadron
RCL: DF-P, OR-P
MACR: 8185
Schicksal: , Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug
(16 August 1944)
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Geschichte der
B-17 44-6126

Delivered Tulsa 8-May-44; Hunter 18-May-44; Grenier 10-Jun-44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-P] Bassingbourn 10-Jul-44; 323BS [OR-P]. Shot down by enemy aircraft while on a mission to bomb the aircraft factories at Halle, Germany. Attack caused a fire in the bomb bay and the aircraft exploded. 4 members of the crew were able to bale out and the other 5 were blown clear. AIrcraft crashed at Teistungen, Germany. 5KIA 4POW MACR 8185.

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B-17 44-6126 Crew

Position Rang Name Status Bemerkung
P 1LT John L. Leslie KIA
CP 2LT John E. Savage KIA
BOMB F/O Karl W. Donley POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Joseph H. Godfrey POW
RO T/SGT James I. Middleton POW
BT S/SGT Ivan F. Doyle POW
WG S/SGT Douglas Buntin KIA
TG S/SGT Louis Kos KIA

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