| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-DL: 42-106984 to 42-107233 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 360th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PU-G |
| MACR | 8825 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (12 September 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-107196 / Temptress
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-G] Molesworth 22/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44 with Art Mehlhoff, Co-pilot: Edgar Nelson, Navigator: Gaylon Williams (wia, & died 10/10/44), Bombardier: Harry Newcomb, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Wagner, Radio Operator: Norman Thye, Ball turret gunner: Elwood Keeran, Waist gunner: Vernon Harris,Tail gunner: Ben Quackenbush (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Jachymov, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 8825. TEMPTRESS.
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This page was last updated on 08 September 2017
23. August 2019 access_time 2:24
This is the plane my dad was on when his crew got shot down. I’m pretty sure it is not the plane they ferried to England.
04. November 2020 access_time 17:30
Just noticed that the waist gunner is referred to as Vernon Harris. It is actually Vernon Harms. He visited our home in the 70s 80s? I met him.
20. July 2021 access_time 21:44
Gaylon Cody Williams was my great uncle. We still miss him.
08. May 2022 access_time 17:35
Seth, if you want to discuss anything about your great uncle. Feel free to contact me. My dad, mom, and I think Woody visited the Williams family after they returned to the states. Wish I had asked more questions about the crew. Sadly dad left us in 2004 after a long bout with prostate cancer.
08. May 2022 access_time 17:37
Sorry I see my email didn’t display. stwag62 at hotmail
30. January 2024 access_time 18:11
Vernon Harms , was my dad. I think I was in my teens when your dad came to visit my dad in Allison.
16. March 2023 access_time 20:51
Die genaue Absturzstelle wurde am 14.03.2023 aufgrund eines Fundes und deren Identifizierung zur B17# 42-107168 in der Stadt Brandenburg An der Havel lokalisiert.
19. March 2023 access_time 11:05
Vielen Dank, Michael!
Ist der Absturzort in der Nähe von Jachymov (wie in der Quelle angegeben) oder ganz wo anders?
Grüße
Jing
19. March 2023 access_time 13:06
Die Absturzstelle ist in der Stadt Brandenburg An der Havel. Die Besatzungsmitglieder wurden fast alle im Raum Neuruppin gefangen genommen.
19. March 2023 access_time 15:13
Danke für die Korrektur.
Ich bin ab und zu in Brandenburg an der Havel. Das ist interessant.
05. February 2024 access_time 7:49
Ich habe die zwei Maschinengewehre mit geborgen. Sie lagen in der Südkammer der Schleuse Brandenburg am Oberhaupt. Das Flugzeug hat beim Absturz die Brücke gerammt und ist dann in die Havel gestürzt. Wir haben noch viele Kleinteile geborgen. Im nahegelegenen Beetzsee soll noch ein Sternmotor liegen.