Production-block:
B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 532nd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: VE-N
MACR: 1721
History of
B-17 42-3563 / Great Profile
Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 10/43; ‘Great Profile’. Missing in Action 1m Bremen 20/12/43 with Bernard Hollenkamp, Ball turret gunner: Elmo Schulz, Waist gunner: Ira Walker, Waist gunner: Homer Hutchens,Tail gunner: Harry Good (5 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: George Jones, Navigator: Herb Clough, Bombardier: Dick Hazelton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Riemann, Radio Operator: George Soell (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Stapelermoor marsh, 12 miles N of Bad Zwischenahn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1721.
Last updated: 11. February 2018
B-17 42-3563 / Great Profile Details
First B-17G built
23. March 2024 access_time 21:40
My father’s cousin was pilot Bernard Hollenkamp. Would love to see any photos of Great Profile and/or crew, or connect with any descendants/historians.
They were true heroes.