B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30193 / Hard Luck

B-17 #42-30193 / Hard Luckzoom_in

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Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: R

Missions: 19

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History of
B-17 42-30193 / Hard Luck

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 14/6/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 15/6/43; crash: takeoff for Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Paul Swift, Co-Pilot: Cecil Tipper, Navigator: Paul Arbon, Bombardier: Otto Bowman{inj}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bertil Erickson, Radio Operator: John Taylor, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Molinari, Waist Gunner: Tom Norton, Waist Gunner: Don Van Cundy, Tail Gunner: Bob bPonton, pass-Colie Emlyn (11RTD), Salvaged. HARD LUCK.

Last updated: 25. January 2019

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Dustyn houghton
12. December 2020 access_time 3:18

I was always told that my grandfather Robert Houghton was the ball turret gunner..

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b17flyingfortress.de
12. December 2020 access_time 11:38

Sometimes, gunner reassigned to other positions. Not unusual.

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