Source:
AAM
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-100-BO: 42-30332 to 42-30431 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 570th Bomb Squadron, 571st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | FC-D |
| MACR | 2503 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (10 February 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-30337 / 8 Ball aka Flak Hack
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-B] Framlingham 13/7/43 EIGHTBALL; Noel Howard (rog) was KIA 26/9/43; Transferred: 571BS [FC-D]; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Grady Dover, Navigator: Donel O’Brien, Radio Operator: Henry Smith, Ball Turret Gunner: Mike Chernick, Waist Gunner: Jim McAuliffe, Waist Gunner: Jim Milazzo, Tail Gunner: Rupert Farr (7KIA); Co-Pilot: John Beard, Bombardier: Claud Hodgson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chester Gillen (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crash-landed Streipe, near Lingen/Ems, Germany. MACR 2503. FLAK HACK aka 8 BALL.
This page was last updated on 15 July 2022
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