| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-35-DL: 42-3189 to 42-3228 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 534th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GD-E |
| Fate: |
, Crashlanding, Battle damaged (28 July 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-3221 / Whale Tail
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow 23/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-E] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with Dexter Lishon, Co-pilot: Don Rutan, Navigator: Darrell DeBolt, Bombardier: Bob Gluck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Canute Johnson, Radio Operator: Ivan Tieman, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Riddle, Waist gunner: Clarry Madison, Waist gunner: John Pedrosky,Tail gunner: Bill Marques; sustained battle damaged Kiel 5+m 28/7/43 with Major Art Briggs, Co-pilot: Dexter Lishon, Navigator: Capt Norman McKay, Bombardier: Lester Schneider, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Labusheivicz, Radio Operator: Fred Smith, Ball turret gunner: Edwin Johnson, Waist gunner: Russ Batholomae, Waist gunner: John Kratzer,Tail gunner: Lt Claus Neeley (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Thetford, Nfk., with three engines out Salvaged. WHALETAIL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 24 January 2018
03. December 2025 access_time 11:54
This plane crashed on Thetford, Norfolk. The radio-operator S/Sgt. Ivan J . Tieman was badly wounded and died on his wounds this day. He was hit in the neck by a 20 M/M shell. He is buried in Pulaski in Indiana .
06. December 2025 access_time 15:57
I have made a mistake, this plane crashed not on Thetford, but on Foulsham, Norfolk. Plane did never fly again.
31. December 2025 access_time 15:40
Bitte gerne mehr Information iber plane end crew.