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Object Number - UPL 54751 - Another view of the B17 on the shore of Loch Quoich. Note the Port inboard propeller and starboard outboard propellers are in the feathered position....
Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 12/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Meeks Fd 4/1/44; Assigned Soxo at Goose Bay, Labrador as replacement aircraft to Nutts Corner, N. Ireland 13/1/44 with Roy Eisele, Co-pilot: Louis Girand, Navigator: Murray Schenker, Bombardier: Melvin Gladstone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Cowley, Radio Operator: Ralph Milland, Ball turret gunner: Ed Vallee, Waist gunner: Efrain Longoria,Tail gunner: Joe Czerwonka (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Alvin Leonard (Killed in Service); abandoned over Fort William, Scotland when two engines cut out suddenly, crashed Lake Quioch; Salvaged RAF 28/2/44.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16038217
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Unassigned 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
