| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-70-DL: 42-3483 to 42-3503, B-17G-1-DL: 42-3483 to 42-3503 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 510th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | TU-C |
| MACR | 1981 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (31 December 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-3495
Delivered Denver 17/7/43; Rapid City 8/7/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-C] Polebrook 20/9/43; Missing in Action {9m} Cognac/Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Ralph Saville, Co-pilot: Bill Playford, Bombardier: Alphonse Elsaesser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gilbert Morris, Radio Operator: George Leonard, Ball turret gunner: John Myrick{suffered frozen feet in Pyrenees, Spain, ret. UK & hospitalised} Waist gunner: George Kelly,Tail gunner: Irvin Gassaway (7 evaded capture), Navigator: Ray Light, Bombardier: Alphonse Elsaesser, Waist gunner: Sid Pulver{sev. wia} (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crash landed Saint-Seurin de Cadourne, 15 miles NE of Hourtin Vandice, 30 miles NW Bordeaux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1981.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 10 February 2018
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