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Production-block:
B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 323rd Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OR-T
MACR: 261 / KSU/ME/KU: 22
Missions: 33
History of
B-17 42-5077 / Delta Rebel No. 2
Delivered Tulsa 15/9/42; Bangor 11/10/42; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 15/10/42; Missing in Action 33m Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Thompson, Co-pilot: Serge Klinkow, Navigator: George Lausted, Bombardier: Mike Couzzi, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carroll Goodwin, Radio Operator: Bob Brooks (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Wayne Kienberger, Waist gunner: Bob Ziernicki,Tail gunner: Chas Blonstein, Waist gunner: Micky Lengyel (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set ship ablaze, crashed Brunninghausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 261. (possibly completed 25 missions before Memphis Belle). DELTA REBEL No. 2.
Last updated: 2. June 2022
B-17 42-5077 / Delta Rebel No. 2 Details
A/C #077 was hit by first enemy aircraft attack at 0837 and had eight inches shot off to of stabilizer. It was last seen at 0845 in the vicinity of Wesel at 30,400 feet on a heading of 112 degrees magnetic.
Observation made by Lt. Charles H. Silvernail from an altitude of 30,400 ft.
Source: MACR 261
Photos of Delta Rebel No. 2
Note the 25 mission markers.
Combat report of the anti-aircraft command post
B-17 42-5077 / Delta Rebel No. 2 Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Robert W. Thompson | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Sergie Klinkow | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | George F. Lausted | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Michael J. Couzzi | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Carroll L. Goodwin, Jr. | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert L. Brooks | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Wayne M. Kienberger | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert S. Ziernicki | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Mickey Lengyel | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Charles Blonstein | KIA | - |
27. January 2024 access_time 18:56
Family of Henry A Carter tail gunner on Delta Rebel No 2.
12. March 2024 access_time 19:13
I am replying to Chad Halterman. A friend of mine has a friend whose dad was Sergie Klimkow, the co-pilot of the Delta Rebel 2! Sergie was sent to Stalag Luft III , where my dad was a POW also, having been shot down in his B-17! I’m trying to research the plight of Sergie for his son and grandson, as they don’t have much in the way of info from Mr Klimkow’s service…As you are family of Henry Carter, the tailgunner, you might have info you might like to share with Sergie’s son and grandson.
Thanks,
Mark Mueller
son of Navigator Charles Mueller