
Source:
greeks-in-foreign-cockpits.com
Production-block:
B-17G-70-BO: 43-37674 to 43-37873
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- 96th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 413th Bomb Squadron
- 560th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: R
Missions: 53
History of
B-17 43-37787 / Holy Smokes
Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/44; Kearney 5/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG Snetterton 19/6/44; Transferred: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/6/44; battle damage Berlin 5/12/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Knocke, Belgium. 9RTD; Salvaged. HOLY SMOKES.
Last updated: 5. August 2019
B-17 43-37787 / Holy Smokes Crew
Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
P | 1LT | Kenneth O. Burkheimer | RTD | - |
CP | 1LT | Archie Lenard Lani | RTD | - |
NAV | 2LT | Delmont E. Harlow | RTD | - |
BOMB | 2LT | Arthur W. Steinfieldt | RTD | - |
ENG/TT | T/SGT | Elmer B. Piatt | RTD | - |
RO | SGT | Robert R. Green | RTD | - |
BT | SGT | Edward J. Szymanski | RTD | - |
WG | SGT | Robert W. Meidell | RTD | - |
TG | SGT | Waymon Darwin Choate | RTD | - |
31. July 2019 access_time 0:28
my uncle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Franklin zerbe was a 1st LT and co-pilot of the Holy smokes,# 43-37787,,but i do not see his name mentioned here,,,,,,,
05. August 2019 access_time 15:18
Hello Mark,
finally, I found a photo of the B-17 Holy Smokes
Maybe your uncle wasn’t on the last flight in this B-17.
28. May 2020 access_time 3:11
I think your uncle flew with my dad Clayton Robert Christiansen from July 1944 to Dec 1944.
28. May 2020 access_time 3:27
Your uncle served with my dad July 44 to dec 44. They flew 35 Missions. My dad was the tail gunner. Look in the American air museum web site