42-97471 Male Call
Object Number - UPL 20445 - England - Two USAAF Officers of the Flying Fortress 'Male Call' [B-17 42-97471] kneel in the wind and rain beside the damaged plane which brought...
Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 11/3/44; 1m crash landed base ex-Frankfurt 20/3/44 with Bernard Beckman, Cp- Capt Doug Winter (threw wrong switch - u/c coll), Navigator: Dave Brophy, Bombardier: George Speer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dirling, Radio Operator: Abe Levine, Ball turret gunner: Garold Frain, Waist gunner: Rob Rush. Weg-Bob Luth, Tail gunner: Nick Rossi (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD 21/3/44.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32476188
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12095701
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795545
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Air Commander and Pilot