| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-20-VE: 42-5765 to 42-5804 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 95th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 334th Bomb Squadron, 412th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BG-E, QW-S |
| Fate: | |
History of
B-17 42-5791 / Ruthless
Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Salina 14/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Brookley 27/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 19/4/43; 412BS [QW-S]; 5m, transferred AFSC 6/43; on personnel ferry to Southport 29/12/43 with Alden Witt, Co-pilot: Bill Gaffney, Navigator: Howard Leddy, Bombardier: Alan Grant, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kingsley Spitzer, Ball turret gunner: Wendell Verbulecz, plus passengers: Capts Louis Reno, Louis Green, Arvid Dahl, Lt Bob Moon, NCOs Roy Baughman, Ray Loija, Jim Leithhead, Dewey Cox, Harry Shade, Linus Thomas, Gene Downey and Andrew Mullavey (18 Killed in Service). In heavy overcast crashed Buckley, Flintshire, N.Wales. Salvaged. RUTHLESS.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 17 August 2017
06. April 2023 access_time 17:52
I am a member of a local history group in Denbighshire,North Wales.The site of the
crash was actually Cwm Mountain in Dyserth,North Wales,15 miles west of Buckley.We have recently pin pointed the site having spoken to a local farmer who was a boy at the time.
28. December 2025 access_time 5:48
Dear Mr. Jones,
My uncle, Louis S. Green perished on the Ruthless when it crashed. He was on his way home after 25 missions as a bombardier on a B-17. Thanks you for your work on updating the information on the crash. His father was born in England and Louis use to visit them during the war.
Sincerely,
Jack Kelly