| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-25-VE: 42-5805 to 42-5854 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 351st Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 337th Bomb Squadron, 511th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | DS-T |
| MACR: | 910 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft, Lost by flak/aa-fire (04 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5807 / Rikki Tikki Tavi aka Minor Ball
Delivered Long Beach 16/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Q] Thurleigh 17/4/43 RIKKI TIKKI TAVI; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-T] Polebrook 11/7/43; Missing in Action 10m Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Dan Nauman, Co-pilot: Bill Keister, Navigator: Walter Blair, Bombardier: Mario Suozzo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Foy Rush, Radio Operator: Bob Martin, Ball turret gunner: Bill Towsley, Waist gunner: Lew Burgess body washed up 19/10/43, Waist gunner: Ralph Robeson,Tail gunner: Willard Hunter (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed mouth of River Scheldt, two miles from Flushing, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 910. MINOR BALL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 19 July 2017
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