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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-20-VE: 42-5765 to 42-5804
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 482nd Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 325th Bomb Squadron
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- 813th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XM-M, NV-Y/M, PC-M
History of
B-17 42-5793 / Stinky
Delivered Long Beach 30/1/43; Salina 11/2/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-M] Bassingbourn 4/3/43; 325BS/92BG [NV-Y/M] Alconbury 20/4/43, the first B-17 sent to RAF Defford for installation of HSC equipment; Transferred 813BS/482BG [PC-M] Alconbury 5/8/43; detailed return from Thorpe Abbotts back to base 10/11/43 with Art Reynolds, Co-pilot: John Russell, Navigator: Sheldon McCormick, Bombardier: Albert Rolnick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Amos Behl, Radio Operator: Bob Holmes, Ex Radio Operator: John May, Ball turret gunner: Leslie Boling, Waist gunner: Laurie Evans, Waist gunner: Bill Landers,Tail gunner: Andy Allison, plus two passenger mechanics: Herman Kolousek, Bob Levi (13 Killed in Service); three civilians died, Walter Clarke of Stradbroke & Charles Burridge of Langton Green, Eye, while Ernest Barker, of Wetheringsett died in hospital; injured was Bill Dixon, of Finningham, whose horse was also killed; crashed on take off at Brome, Sfk, UK; Salvaged. STINKY.
Last updated: 19. June 2020
B-17 42-5793 / Stinky Details
This aircraft was 8AF’s first H2S radar pathfinder.
B-17 42-5793 / Stinky Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Arthur J. Reynolds | KIS | - |
| CP | 2LT | John Edmund Russell | KIS | - |
| NAV | --- | Sheldon V. McCormick | KIS | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Albert Lewis Rolnick | KIS | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Amos H. Behl | KIS | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert B. Holmes | KIS | - |
| BT | SGT | Leslie N. Boling | KIS | - |
| WG | SGT | Laurie C. Evans | KIS | - |
| WG | SGT | William H. Landers | KIS | - |
| TG | SGT | Andrew J. Allison | KIS | - |
| RCM | SGT | John D. May | KIS | RO |
| PASS | CPL | Herman John Kolousek | KIS | Radar Mechanic |
| PASS | M/SGT | Robert G. Levi | KIS | Radar Mechanic |
19. March 2023 access_time 21:17
There is a memorial fund for this crew and civilians https://www.gofundme.com/f/brome-b17f-crash-memorial-fundraiser?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=chat&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_term=undefined
There is the project info via the above link. With continuing updates. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Steve A