| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-VE: 44-8101 to 44-8200 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 301st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 32nd Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Failed to return (26 December 1944) |
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History of
B-17 44-8186 / Sugar Report
Delivered Dallas 2/7/44; Langley 3/8/44; Dow Fd 11/9/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG PFF Lucera 3/10/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 26/12/44 with Ralph Kage, Co-pilot: Wunderlich, Navigator: Meade, Bombardier: Bounds, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bums, Radio Operator: Murchy, Ball turret gunner: Glassy, Waist gunner: Irvine, Waist gunner: Richards,Tail gunner: Polynack (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Russian territory; SUGAR REPORT.
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This page was last updated on 11 February 2018
04. October 2024 access_time 19:50
I’m pretty sure this is the site where my dad an crew crash landed on Dec 26, 1944. His name was Banks Campbell (1st Lt). He was flying right seat that day and the target was Blechammer. They were based at Foggia, Italy. The whole crew survived and was repatriated by the Russian soldiers. Both pilots were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions that day. I have 15-20 photographs taken after the crash landing. One note: Dad always said they came down close to Nagybanya, Romania. one of those photos is of the mayor of that place. Dad told amazing stories about all this that I remember to this day. Hope this helps your research.
20. January 2025 access_time 17:00
Their B-17G made an emergency landing on frozen field (1 km behind the frontline) in eastern Slovakia, near with borders with Ukraine.
22. December 2024 access_time 22:05
There is the memorial on the place.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5s1GeAMjxuEMyvvB9
I´m living not very far from this place, so I will go there to visit this place.