B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-5904 / Gremlin Gus

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5904 / Gremlin Gus

Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega

Werbung/Advertisement

History of
B-17 42-5904 / Gremlin Gus

Delivered Long Beach 29/4/43; Sioux City 4/5/43; Roswell 26/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [–K] Knettishall 18/6/43; t/o La Pallice 16/9/43 due to poor weather, with Jarrent, Co-pilot: ?, Navigator: Staples{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Dick{lost leg in crash}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Forsta, Radio Operator: ? , Ball turret gunner: Hovatter{inj}, Waist gunner: Cunningham{inj}, Waist gunner: ?,Tail gunner: Jim Jones{inj} (10 Returned to Duty); foto-Ed Balliff (KIS-in crash); in poor visibility crashed Long Holcombe Hill, Simonsbath, near Nth Moulton, Devon, UK. Salvaged 19/9/43. GREMLIN GUS.

Last updated: 19. July 2017

Werbung/Advertisement

Write comment