42-31319 Tangerine
Object Number - UPL 25048 - George H Keating, ground crew chief, with his first aircraft
Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-S] Deopham Green 6/1/44; crashed on take off for mission 26/4/44 but unable to gain altitude, with Hugh Wilson, Co-pilot: Rich Bell, Navigator: Fred Duhm, Bombardier: Bill Houston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Andrychuk, Radio Operator: Chas Foster, Ball turret gunner: Don Yayes, Waist gunner: Edgar Moore, Waist gunner: Philip Priore,Tail gunner: George Rasiarmus (10 Returned to Duty); crashed on take off a mile from end of runway at Gt Ellingham, Nfk., Salvaged TANGERINE.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208374
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top turret gunner/ flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19004684
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief; Airplane Maintenance Technician; Instructor, Airplane Maintenance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945
Delete "#3 failed from biography because it does not match the accident report.
interview with ground crew chief, George H. Keating
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
