42-5813
crash landed after battle damage. Jul 30, 1943.
Image shows Vega characteristics and ending 13 of radio call number.
Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Cheyenne 1/3/43; Sioux City 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; [Assigned 306BG 22/4/43 JACKIE ELLEN; transferred] (sic) Allocated to original complement of 379BG, Sioux City, 3/43. Assigned to 525BS [FR-S/Z] Kimbolton 2/5/43; battle damaged Kassel 30/7/43 with Bill Breiner, Co-pilot: Dick Jones, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Perry Fischer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Jacobsen, Radio Operator: Don Haynes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wills, Waist gunner: Fred Brown, Waist gunner: Walt Hoffman, Tail gunner: Gerald Hansen (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Alconbury, Hunts. Salvaged.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Revisions
Added "B-17" at the front of the Production block number.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Bishop, Cliff, Fortress of the Big Triangle First, pg 188.
Marchese, et al; FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, NOV 3-6, 2020
Bishop, Cliff; FORTRESS OF THE BIG TRIANGLE FIRST, 1986, pg. 188.
For 306th BG, JACKIE ELLEN, see Boeing, Seattle, B-17F, 42-29815. Marchese, et al,
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945, NOV. 3-6, 2020.