Source:
95thbg.org
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 334th Bomb Squadron, 545th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | JD-. BG-M |
| MACR | 744 & 1455 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (04 October 1943) |
| Missions: | 12 |
History of
B-17 42-30045 / She’s My Gal aka Fight’n-n-Bit’n
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 28/6/43 SHE’S MY GAL; 28/7/43 with E.L. Lemke force landed Gt Ashfield AFB, Sfk,; 6/9/43 with Max Crowder force landed Chipping Norton; 12m, Missing in Action Saarlautern 4/10/43 with Max Crowder, Co-pilot: Edgar Taylor, Navigator: Paul Terrell, Bombardier: Bill Savage, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Lewis, Radio Operator: Duke Rosenburg, Ball turret gunner: Andres Torres, Waist gunner: Theo Mayer, wo-Melvin Hibbert,Tail gunner: Arlie Arneson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, ditched 5 miles off Bayeux, France; Missing Air Crew Report 744 & 1455. FIGHT’N -‘N – BIT’N.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 26 March 2024
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