| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-VE: 42-97536 to 42-97635 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 324th Bomb Squadron, 532nd Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | VE-B |
| Fate: |
, Crashed on take off (04 August 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-97594 / Dry Gulcher
Delivered Denver 31/12/43; Salt Lake City 4/1/44; 1SAG Langley 25/1/44; Presque Is 27/2/44; Assigned: 324BS/91BG Bassingbourn 27/4/44; Transferred: 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 5/7/44; crash: takeoff for Peenemunde, at Shalford, Ex. UK 4/8/44 Pilot: George Hanley Cuppernall, Co-Pilot: Capt Irving Moore, Navigator: Russ Hadley, Bombardier: Chas Young, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Yankton, Radio Operator: Frank Heinze, obs-Capt Francis Hawkins, Waist Gunner: Loren Murphy, Waist Gunner: Lt Jim Sneed (9RTD), Tail Gunner: Harry Norris (KIA), of the rest only Heinze & Murphy not wia; Salvaged. 5/8/44. DRY GULCHER.
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This page was last updated on 27 September 2022
22. September 2022 access_time 5:09
The navigators name was Russ Hadley, not Radley
27. September 2022 access_time 9:20
Thank you Sharon, I have corrected his name.