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Source:
von assumed USAAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Production-block:
B-17F-25-DL: 42-3074 to 42-3148
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 339th Bomb Squadron
- 535th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: MS-Z
MACR: 1396
History of
B-17 42-3123 / Ron Chee
Delivered Denver 18/2/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG 4/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-Z] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 7m Bremen 8/10/43 with Leslie Kemp, Co-pilot: Bill Heim, Navigator: Frank Tomlin, Bombardier: Tom Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Jennette, Radio Operator: Walt Richards, Ball turret gunner: Gilles Gentry, Waist gunner: Ray Duffy, Waist gunner: Jim Stinsman,Tail gunner: Ed Osborn (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fladdderlohausen, 10 miles SE of Quackenbruck,Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1396. RON CHEE.
Last updated: 6. April 2018
B-17 42-3123 / Ron Chee Details
If you are an ancestor to one of the crew or have any other interests towards this case, feel free to contact Mario Stickfort: mario.stickfort@holdorf.de
03. April 2018 access_time 13:27
Hello,
I have several informations about the plane, which was shot down on 8th of Octobre 1943 and the crew who lost their lives the same day. I come from Fladderlohausen, where the B-17 crashed after the airfight. If you are an ancestor to one of the crew or have any other interests towards this case, feel free to contact me: mario.stickfort@holdorf.de
Mario Stickfort