B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5890 / Rosie The Redskin

History of
B-17 42-5890 / Rosie The Redskin

Delivered Long Beach 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 2/5/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX- ] Alconbury 7/8/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Dick Christenson (INT); Co-pilot: Lee Crabtree, Ball turret gunner: Jordan Young (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Art Stienmetz, Bombardier: Bill Harmly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Cimini, Radio Operator: Mike Zelenak, Waist gunner: Norman Wagner, Waist gunner: Joe Cagle,Tail gunner: Ken Moore (7 evaded capture); flak and short of gas but under control, crashed Ferme de la Muette, 12 W of Dreux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 740. ROSIE THE REDSKIN.

Last updated: 22. July 2017