Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-DL: 42-37894 to 42-37988 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LL-G |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 June 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-37958 / Old Faithful
Delivered Denver 27/10/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; 36m ex-St Nazaire, sustained battle damage and crash landed Wincanton, Som. UK., 25/6/44 with Peter Mikonis, Co-pilot: Frank Pepper, Navigator: Joe Sullivan, Bombardier: Will Stevens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Anderson, Radio Operator: Doug Deurmyer, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Stein, Waist gunner: Dick Mehlberg,Tail gunner: Dean McDowell (9 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #3, dropped back and eventually reached UK, then wing broke off, crashed Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, near Wincanton, Somerset, UK; Salvaged by 2SAD. OLD FAITHFUL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 October 2018
31. July 2022 access_time 15:43
There’s a lovely viewpoint on Balsam Hill on the outskirts of Wincanton.
The memorial plaque to these fine, brave Airmen is across the road and always has poppies or some flowers laid beside it.
It is my favourite place to stop and sit, I think about these young men every time and how their actions secured our ‘peace’.
They are definitely not forgotten, no matter how far they were from home.