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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 31/5/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 13/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; landing accident with Chas Mason at Ponte Olivio 23/10/43, involving parked aircraft 42-30127; Missing in Action 32m Wiener Neustadt 2/11/43 with Chas Mason, Co-pilot: McGinley, Navigator: Baker, Bombardier: Rossi, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Crockett, Waist gunner: Rousch (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Saucier, Ball turret gunner: Gillespie,Tail gunner: Golebiewski (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiener Neustadt. Missing Air Crew Report 1095.
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for...
Squadron
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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