Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-25-DL: 42-3074 to 42-3148 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group, 94th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 332nd Bomb Squadron, 544th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XM-E, SU-M |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-3075 / Longhorn
Delivered Denver 1/2/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BS [XM-E] Bassingbourn 18/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with John Hegewald, Co-pilot: George Doubet, Navigator: Herbert Moritz (3 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: John Neyland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Ketterer, Radio Operator: Paul Henry, Ball turret gunner: Dudley Hulbert, Waist gunner: Walt McCormack, Waist gunner: Alvin Freitag,Tail gunner: Arlie Bridge (7 Killed in Action); flak, crashed SE of St Peter-Ording, Ger. No MACR. LONGHORN.
This page was last updated on 03 November 2017
30. January 2020 access_time 1:38
I’m Robert McCormack I’m Walter McCormacks was my uncle never met him but miss him he was a true hero miss him dearly