Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com5
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 423rd Bomb Squadron, 545th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | RD-T |
| MACR: | 869 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (08 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5855 / Ramp Tramp
Delivered Long Beach 8/3/43; Denver 13/3/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 95BG Alconbury 27/4/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-V] Grafton Underwood 28/6/43; transferred 423BS/306BG [RD-T] Thurleigh 22/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Dean Rodman, Bombardier: Norman Sansom [386BS], Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clifton Barber, Waist gunner: Bob Downing,Tail gunner: Jack Koetter (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Morris Cook, Navigator: John Garland, Radio Operator: Urban Hupfer, Ball turret gunner: Bill May, Waist gunner: Martin Mitosinka (5 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Goldenstedt, ten miles NE of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 869.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 July 2017
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