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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-20-VE: 42-5765 to 42-5804
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 334th Bomb Squadron
- 401st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BG-A, LL-B
History of
B-17 42-5795 / Skoal
Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Morrison 28/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Alconbury 5/4/43; 1m with H.M. Conley 14/5/43; transferred AFSC (92BG?) 4/8/43; 401BS/91BG [LL-B] Bassingbourn 5/9/43; Missing in Action 7m Bremen 26/11/43 with Bob Tibbetts, Co-pilot: Alex Ellerman, Navigator: Leo Sharum, Bombardier: Dick Wertheim, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Brady, Radio Operator: Garner Walters, Ball turret gunner: Dana Morse, Waist gunner: Chas Clark, Waist gunner: Woodrow Tressler,Tail gunner: Walt Davis (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, all rescued by ASR. SKOAL.
Last updated: 24. May 2020
B-17 42-5795 / Skoal Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | --- | Bob Tibbetts, Jr. | RTD | - |
| CP | --- | Alexander Ellerman III | RTD | - |
| NAV | --- | Leo T. Sharum Jr. | RTD | - |
| BOMB | --- | Richard A. Wertheim | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | James W. Brady | RTD | - |
| RO | --- | Garner Walters, Jr. | RTD | - |
| BT | --- | Dana E. Morse | RTD | - |
| WG | --- | Charles E. Clark | RTD | - |
| WG | --- | Woodrow W. Tressler | RTD | - |
| TG | --- | Walter J. Davis | RTD | - |
23. March 2024 access_time 13:38
I just bought the duffle bag from W. Tressler! How cool is that?