B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3509 / Crystal Ball

History of
B-17 42-3509 / Crystal Ball

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Redmond, Or, 15/8/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 25/9/43; Missing in Action {12m} Brunswick 30/1/44 with Chas Robertson, Co-pilot: Bob Robbins, Navigator: Milton Kaplan, Bombardier: Earl Holmes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry James, Radio Operator: Bill Delaney, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Gabriel, Waist gunner: Norris Stewart,Tail gunner: Earl Winburn (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Emil Ambrose (KIA-chute failed); flak ko’d #4, although four P-47s turned up to escort him home, Robertson crashed near kerosene harbor, Enschede, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2262. CRYSTAL BALL.

Last updated: 10. February 2018