Source:
95thbg.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-15-DL: 42-37804 to 42-37893 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 412th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | QW-S |
| MACR | 3804 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (11 April 1944) |
| Missions: | 30 |
History of
B-17 42-37876 / Struggle Bunny aka Batcha’s Patches aka Miss Raps-O-Dee
Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-S] Horham 3/11/43; 30m, Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Gene Schiapacasse, Co-pilot: Dave Janofskyburied Suaneke, on Bornholm Is, Den, Navigator: Henry Kress, Bombardier: Gerald Taylor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Messmer, Radio Operator: Angelo Passero, Ball turret gunner: Harvey Cartrite, Waist gunner: Ralph Murray, Waist gunner: Frank Saunders,Tail gunner: Ed Phillips (10 Killed in Action); hit by rockets, crashed Baltic Sea, off Bornholm Is, Missing Air Crew Report 3804. STRUGGLE BUNNY aka BATCHA’S PATCHES aka MISS RAPS-O-DEE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 22 February 2019
01. November 2024 access_time 1:10
Wondering if anyone remembers Harvey Cartrite or any of crew of Miss Raps-O-Dee B-17 G shot down over Baltic Sea April 1944 ?