Sam R Turner

Military
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.' media-387940.jpg FRE 5906 A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group ran off the end of the runway due to battle damage and no breaks. Flown by Capt. Sam R. Turner. 42-30057 EP-D. "RAUNCHY" date, August 12, 1943 mission to Bonn. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.' Roger Freeman Collection

Michael P. Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian, www.100thbg.com

Object Number - FRE 5906 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group ran off the end of the runway due to battle damage and no breaks. Flown by Capt. Sam R. Turner....

Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30057 'Raunchy. ' Plane ditched in Lake Constance, Switzerland. Interned.

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Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.'

42-30057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Raunchy
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Orlando, Florida, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany 6 September 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 689 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.'

Object number: FRE 5906 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group ran...