Source:
www.forcedlandingcollection.se
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 306th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 368th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BO-H |
| MACR | 2735 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire, interned (06 March 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-40006 / Liberty Lady
Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-H] Thurleigh 18/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Smith, Co-pilot: Merle Brown, Navigator: Stan Buck, Bombardier: Herman Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Heuser, Radio Operator: Vic Marcotte, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stillson, Waist gunner: Joe Paul, Waist gunner: Don Courson,Tail gunner: R.B. Trumble (10INT); flak KO’d two engines, & set on fire by crew after crash landing Hemse, on Gotland Island, Sweden; eventually some parts were used as spares for others; Missing Air Crew Report 2735. LIBERTY LADY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-40006 / Liberty Lady Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Charles Wilson Smith | INT | - |
| CP | 1LT | Merle Paul Brown | INT | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Stanley Norris Buck | INT | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Herman F. Allen | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Carl August Heuser | INT | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Victor Rolland Marcotte | INT | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Thomas Eugene Stillson | INT | - |
| WG | SGT | Joseph Roland Paul | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Donald Smith Courson | INT | - |
| TG | S/SGT | R. B. Trumble | INT | - |
This page was last updated on 25 May 2018
19. June 2024 access_time 18:02
My Dads Friends Father and his friends ´ran out with swedish flags and a mosin nagant when it crashed. such a historical moment