Production-block:
B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 to 44-6500
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 32nd Bomb Squadron
MACR: 14030
History of
B-17 44-6347 / Princess O’Rourke
Delivered Hunter 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 29/7/44; Missing in Action Vipiteno 20/4/45 with Bob Adams, Co-pilot: Llewellyn, Navigator: Blair, Bombardier: Knapp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stemac, Radio Operator: Rasmussen, Ball turret gunner: Arman, Waist gunner: Burnham, Waist gunner: Gamel,Tail gunner: Whitbeck (10INT); flak, #1 & 4 feathered; force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 14030 (last US crew to land Switz); Ret Burtonwood, UK 1/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45. PRINCESS O’ROURKE.
Last updated: 4. September 2017
B-17 44-6347 / Princess O’Rourke Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert M. Adams | INT | - |
| CP | 2LT | Edman E. Llewellyn | INT | - |
| NAV | 2LT | David R. Blair | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Frank Stemac | INT | - |
| RO | SGT | Frederick A. Rasmussen | INT | - |
| BT | SGT | Verdon E. Orman | INT | - |
| WG | SGT | Vincent A. Gamal | INT | - |
| WG | SGT | Alonzo F. Burnham | INT | - |
| TG | SGT | Harold B. Whitbeck | INT | - |
| TOG | T/SGT | Frederick R. Knapp | INT | - |
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