Source:
www.306bg.us
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-25-DL: 42-3074 to 42-3148 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 368th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BO-I |
| Fate: |
, Crashed on take off (13 November 1943) |
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History of
B-17 42-3142 / Buttercup
Delivered Long Beach 27/2/43; Dow Fd 22/4/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-I] Thurleigh 18/5/43; on take off for Bremen 13/11/43 encountered severe turbulence and crashed Gt Haseley, near Oxford, blew up and disintegrated, with Floyd Scudder, Co-pilot: Leland Hendershot, Navigator: Ewing Shields, Bombardier: John Strausser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harris Whitten, Radio Operator: Sam Bearden, Ball turret gunner: Albert Tessier, Waist gunner: Eustasio Gonzales, Waist gunner: Albert Gripenstroh,Tail gunner: Chas Nicholson, 10KIA. BUTTERCUP.
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