| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-5-BO: 42-31132 to 42-31231 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 511th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | DS-B |
| MACR | 1980 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (31 December 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-31179 / Stinky Weather
Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Wilmington 31/10/43; Assigned: 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 23/12/43; MIA {2m} Bordeaux 31/12/43 Pilot: Warren Putnam, Co-Pilot: Tom Irvine, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Prater, Ball Turret Gunner: Albt Custer (4KIA), Bombardier: Jack Wood, Radio Operator: Wesley Greene, Waist Gunner: John Gilson, Waist Gunner: Bob Diehl, Tail Gunner: Jack McKinney (5POW), Navigator: Irving Shwayder (EVD); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Kervers/Paimpol, 23 miles NW of St Brieux, Fr. MACR 1980. STINKY WEATHER.
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This page was last updated on 01 March 2018
29. April 2022 access_time 20:04
We visited the river Jaudy last April during our exploration of the coast of Cotes D’Armor. We are British, & live now in Brittany. Having grown up ion a farm in Suffolk, England, near RAF Mildenhall, RAF Lakenheath & RAF Shepherds Grove, I am very aware of the essential part played by the 8th AirForce in World War II. We found the memorial stele to DS -B “Stinky Weather” & her crew on the banks of the river. It is in good condition, & is maintained by the Mayor’s office at Kerbors. We are impressed by the words ” They died for our Liberty. Passers by remember.!” Our late friend & neighbour Jean Nigouen, dairy farmer, served in the Resistance in the Carnoet group & never spoke of it. His medals on his coffin told me something of his history as a teenager in occupied France. God Bless all Americans who served in the 8th Airforce. They helped to ensure our liberty too!
24. December 2022 access_time 17:54
My grandfather Wesley Fleatus Greene was the side gunner & radio operator of Stinky Weather. I only recently discovered there is a memorial to his fallen flight members. And at the same time, I discovered that only a few miles away, there is a SECOND Memorial at Musee Des Forteresses Volantes for his entire crew and for the crew of B-17 Yardbird right next to the road in front of the building in the town of Pleubian. I would give anything to be able to fly to France & see these monuments. The one in Pleubian (GPS Co-ordinates 48°50.049 N 3°8.967 W) has all of the names of both aircraft on it with photos of some of the crew who perished.
01. August 2024 access_time 22:22
It will be a great pleasure to receive the families veterans at Pleubian “musée de la forteresse volante” . We received last march, the son of Sgt Mc Kinney coming from Texas. See you perhaps next time.
09. May 2023 access_time 19:27
Osborne has it wrong again. It crashed “Between Kerbors & Pleubian, 23 miles NW of Saint-Brieuc, France”. Approximate GPS: 48.833978, -3.149634, near the memorial at the MUSEE DES FORTERESSES VOLANTES, 57 Rue de Boisgelin, 22610 Pleubian, France. https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1953
01. August 2024 access_time 22:24
The B17 Stinky Weather crashed at Bellevue in the village of Kerbors – Côtes d’Armor (22)