Production-block:
B-17F-30-VE: 42-5855 to 42-5904
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LP-D
MACR: 675
History of
B-17 42-5860 / Poontang aka Escape Kit
Delivered Long Beach 30/3/43; Denver 2/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill Fd 17/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-P] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43 as POONTANG (never painted on); Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Curtis Biddick, Co-pilot: Dick Snyder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Godbey, Radio Operator: Bob DeKay (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dennis, Bombardier: Dan McKay, Ball turret gunner: Walt Halunka, Waist gunner: Howard Brock, Waist gunner: Bill Blank,Tail gunner: Clarence Bowlin (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit nose which caught fire, crashed Schweinberg, 18 miles SW of Wurtzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 675. ESCAPE KIT.
Last updated: 24. February 2024
B-17 42-5860 / Poontang aka Escape Kit Details
B-17 42-5860 / Poontang aka Escape Kit Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Curtis R. Biddick | KIA | never found |
| CP | F/O | Richard L. Snyder | KIA | found months later, still hanging in tree |
| NAV | 2LT | John C. Dennis | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Dan B. McKay | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Lawrence E. Godbey | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Robert R. DeKay | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Walter Halunka | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Clarence R. Bowlin | POW | - |
| WG | T/SGT | Howard J. Brock | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | William M. Blank | POW | - |
13. May 2020 access_time 18:13
“B-17 42-5860 / Poontang aka Escape Kit” wurde von Uffz. Heinz Lieschke *1920 , JGr 50, abgeschossen – sie explodierte in der Luft im Raum Hardheim-Schweinberg. Lieschke hat am 14.Okt1943 eine weitere B-17 bei Schweinfurt abgeschossen und ist am 23. November 1943 gefallen.
13. May 2020 access_time 18:15
Uffz. Lieschke flog eine FockeWulf 190 A-4 – “Gelbe 1”