Production-block:
B-17F-65-DL: 42-3449 to 42-3482
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 546th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BK-M
MACR: 775
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.
Last updated: 17. September 2017
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