B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30872 / Blonde Bomber

History of
B-17 42-30872 / Blonde Bomber

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 9/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Lew Kerrick, Co-pilot: George Bleyle, Navigator: Lloyd Thompson, Bombardier: Floyd Eakman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alton Walker, Radio Operator: Ray Wright, Ball turret gunner: Don Denmead, Waist gunner: Chas Wilder, Waist gunner: Stan Maruso,Tail gunner: Ben Haynes (10 Killed in Action); hit by engine shot off from above then mid air coll with 42-31113 (96BG); crashed North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 1565. BLOND BOMBER (OLE PUSS).

Last updated: 13. September 2019

B-17 42-30872 / Blonde Bomber Details

Mid-air-collision with B-17 #42-31113 Zilch on 26 September 1943.

Related web sites about the B-17 42-30872 / Blonde Bomber

1. http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/782.html
2. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1943/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-17f-125-bo-flying-fortress-off-terschelling-10-killed/