Source:
fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 to 42-29731 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 305th Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Group, 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 364th Bomb Squadron, 525th Bomb Squadron, 526th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | WF-H/J/N/D, LF-U, FR-C |
| MACR | 2869 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (08 February 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-29633 / Dry Martini and The Cocktail Kids 4th
Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 12/2/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H/J/N/D] Chelveston 4/3/43. Completed missions as “Spitz Fire” under command of Lt. Frank R. Spitznagel Jr. until 8/19/43; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 11/9/43 1m; 526BS/379BG [LF-U] Kimbolton 26/9/43; then 525BS [FR-C]; Missing in Action Frankfurt 8/2/44 with Doris Beam, Navigator: Gene Gallagher, Radio Operator: George Potenakes, Waist gunner: George Lissandrello,Tail gunner: Bob Kelly (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Dean Tate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Lessig, Ball turret gunner: John Bernier, Waist gunner: David Helsel (4EVD-all ret UK by 18/3/44); Co-pilot: Bob Ross (KIA-chute damaged by numerous bullet holes); enemy aircraft, crash landed Monchy-Humieres, five miles NW of Compiegne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2869.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 20 October 2023
17. October 2023 access_time 10:26
This B-17 was known as ‘Dry Martini and The Cocktail Kids 4th’. Confirmed by cross referencing a photo taken on 13th May 1943 with the mission report from that day. My Facebook post about this – https://www.facebook.com/groups/9261317727/?multi_permalinks=10161271899162728¬if_id=1697153432175070¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif
17. October 2023 access_time 14:01
This B-17 was known as ‘Dry Martini and The Cocktail Kids 4th’, confirmed by cross referencing a photo taken on 13th May 1943 and the mission report from that day. My Facebook post about this https://www.facebook.com/groups/9261317727/permalink/10161271899162728/
17. October 2023 access_time 14:04
This B-17 had the nose-art ‘Dry Martini and The Cocktail Kids 4th’, confirmed by cross referencing a photo taken on 13th May 1943 and the mission report from that day. My Facebook post about this https://www.facebook.com/groups/9261317727/permalink/10161271899162728/
20. October 2023 access_time 19:42
Thank you, Ross.
I have upload the correct picture to this B-17.