B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102457 / Filthy Hag aka Gloria

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102457 / Filthy Hag aka Gloria

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: GL-R

MACR: 7510

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History of
B-17 42-102457 / Filthy Hag aka Gloria

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 6/4/44 FILTHY HAG; on mission to Hamm 22/4/44 Pilot: Lt Barton, Radio Operator: Carl Eckhart, Waist Gunner: Dave Blodgett, Waist Gunner: Frank Scorsune (3KIA); severely damaged with two engines out but ship limped home; MIA Munich 12/7/44 w/Wendell Scott, Co-Pilot: Edwin Weyer, Navigator: Tazwell Wingfield, Bombardier: Albt Hamey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Morris Holt, ro-Jim Flanagan, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Lewis, wg-Byron Long, wg-Russ Lindenbaum, Tail Gunner: Mike Rodman (10INT); mech fault KO’d engine, forced landing Dubendorf, Switz; MACR 7510; Returned to US: 1103 BU Morrison 7/10/45; Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 14/1/46. GLORIA.

Last updated: 11. May 2019

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B-17 42-102457 / Filthy Hag aka Gloria Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 2LT Wendell O. Scott INT
CP 2LT Edwin T. Weyer INT
BOMB 2LT Albert G. Harney, Jr. INT
ENG/TT SGT Morris E. Holt INT
RO S/SGT James L. Flanagen INT
BT SGT James W. Lewis INT
WG SGT Byron K. Long INT
WG SGT Russell L. Lindenbaum INT
TG SGT Michael L. Rodman INT

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