Source:
www.flensted.eu.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-35-BO: 42-31932 to 42-32116 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 452nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 729th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | 9Z-A |
| MACR: | 4363 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (09 April 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-32070 / Lonesome Polcat
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 14/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 13/3/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Joe Patterson, Bombardier: Doug Galloway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nielan Smith, Radio Operator: Earl Greenbroke leg during attack, Waist gunner: Alf Dickmann,Tail gunner: Tony LaRusso (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Tony Gill, Navigator: Chas Markowitz, Ball turret gunner: Mansfield Hooper, Waist gunner: Jim Valley (4 evaded capture); flak KOd #2 and other damage, crash landed near Ryde school on Laaland, six miles SE of Nakskov, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 4363.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 14 May 2019
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