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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 708th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 4247 / KSU/ME/KU: 1673
History of
B-17 42-31144 / Rowdy Rebel aka Miss America
Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Hayden Hughes, Co-pilot: Howard Barr, Navigator: Bill Allen, Bombardier: Dick Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Zesut, Radio Operator: Ray Small, Ball turret gunner: Jim Boyd, Waist gunner: Barley Hill,Tail gunner: George Bentley (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Roger Hess (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed near Destedt, seven miles E of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4247.
Last updated: 2. April 2020
B-17 42-31144 / Rowdy Rebel aka Miss America Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Hayden T. Huges | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Howard N. Barr | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | William H. Allen, Jr. | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Richard H. Johnson | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Walter J. Zesut | KIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Raymond J. Small | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | James R. Boyd | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Roger Hess | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Barley E. Hill | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | George R. Bentley | KIA | - |
15. March 2020 access_time 13:42
P 1st Lt. Huges, Hayden T. KIA
CP 2nd Lt. Barr, Howard N. KIA
N 2nd Lt. Allen, William H. Jr. KIA
B 1st Lt. Johnson, Richard H. KIA
E/TT T/Sgt. Zesut, Walter J. KIA
RO T/Sgt. Small, Raymond J. KIA
BT S/Sgt. Boyd, James R. KIA
RW S/Sgt. Hill, Barley E. KIA
LW S/Sgt. Hess, Roger POW
TG S/Sgt. Bentley, George R. KIA
02. April 2020 access_time 15:53
Hallo Herr Brandes,
danke für die Liste. Habe die Liste separat hinzugefügt.