Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-35-BO: 42-5079 to 42-5149 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 401st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LL-E |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (22 June 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5132 / Royal Flush!
Delivered Denver 29/9/42; New Castle 15/10/42; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 21/12/42; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bassingbourn 18/1/43; Missing in Action 23m Huls 22/6/43 with Marcell Fountain, Co-pilot: Oscar Diedering, Navigator: Mo Herman, Bombardier: Norm Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Sneed, Radio Operator: Tom StephensRIP 25/7/44, Ball turret gunner: Harry Miller, Waist gunner: Alby Rukas, Waist gunner: Jim Pratt,Tail gunner: Roland Carlson (10POW-two escaped, one being killed later), several enemy aircraft attacked this ship which had brought down eight enemy before crashed North Sea. ROYAL FLUSH!
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 08 September 2017
18. February 2026 access_time 14:02
42-5132’s first mission with the 91st Bomb Group was 3rd January 1943. It must have transferred well before the 18/1/43 date given by Osborne.