42-3037 Windy City Avenger (sic)

14 October 1943 damaged over Schweinfurt with Bill Price, Co-pilot: Lee Coleman, Navigator: Harry Harvey, Bombardier: Leroy Arquette, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Beaty, Radio Operator: Bob Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Griffin, Waist gunner: Earl Nelson, Waist gunner: Ralph Grant, Tail gunner: Don Dailey (10 Returned to Duty).



 

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  A man in overalls is standing on the the wing of the airplane
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18057431
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  A man in overalls is standing on the the wing of the airplane
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14134547
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 748-Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802726
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  A man in overalls is standing on the the wing of the airplane
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11029725
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

25 January 1943 - 20 April 1943 US Modification Center

Assigned

20 April 1943 - 1 August 1943 95th Bomb Group, 412th Bomb Squadron

Transferred

1 August 1943 - 20 September 1943 305th Bomb Group, 366th Bomb Squadron

Transferred

20 September 1943 - 14 October 1943 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron

Crashed

14 October 1943 - 14 October 1943 Crash landed after crew bailout.  The aircraft was salvaged.

Revisions

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Extensive research of B-17F modification by author proves without a doubt that the F-15-DL does not allign with image of Windy City Avenger  See numerious articles at Flying Fortress 1936 1945 at FACEBOOK , Flip Marchese, group. 

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B-17 Flying Fortress Database…from Facebook

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Basic Details and Markings updated.

FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

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The windy city avenger previously linked at the Douglas F seris is actually a much later F-BO.

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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

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'Karl Beaty' corrected to 'Earl Beaty'

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log