| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 337th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | AW-B |
| MACR: | 140 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (28 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30141 / Liberty Belle
Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Andrews Fd 1/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43. Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Capt Milton Fulton, Co-pilot: Maj Virgil Emerson, Navigator: David Humke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Hume, Radio Operator: Don Gordoni, Ball turret gunner: Rhae Postlewait, Waist gunner: Chas McDermott, Waist gunner: George Guest,Tail gunner: Lt Bob Anderson, obs/nav-Lt Dean Howell 339BS (10 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Larry Woolford (POW-picked up by German seaplane eight hours later); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, six bodies washed up weeks later. Missing Air Crew Report 140. LIBERTY BELLE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 18 September 2017
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