B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3455 / Lucky Thirteen

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3455 / Lucky Thirteen
General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-65-DL: 42-3449 to 42-3482
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 384th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 546th Bomb Squadron
RCL BK-M
MACR 775
Fate: , Crashlanding, Out of gas
(06 September 1943)
Werbung/Advertisement

History of
B-17 42-3455 / Lucky Thirteen

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/43; Dow 28/7/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 11/8/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Russ Faulkner, Bombardier: Harry Hawes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Hamblin (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Warren Holland, Navigator: Dick Peirce, Radio Operator: Chas Kirby, Ball turret gunner: Harry Saperstein, Waist gunner: Ed Ruch, Waist gunner: Jim Morley,Tail gunner: Bill Ross (7 Prisoner of War); no gas, crashed Bois des Moines, near Airion, 14 miles E of Beauvais, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 775. LUCKY THIRTEEN.

Werbung/Advertisement

This page was last updated on 17 September 2017

Write comment