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B-17 #44-8379
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; ass 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 8/1/44; {21m} MIA Kassel 19/4/44 Pilot: Stan Swenumson, Co-Pilot: Leon Lindroth, Navigator: Jim Caravolas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Stevens, Radio Operator: Theodore Bacho, Ball Turret Gunner: Amos Anderson, Waist Gunner: Charles Gessnor, Waist Gunner: Edwin Arnett (8POW); Bombardier: Ernie Bunte, Tail Gunner: Mike Schumacher (2KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, set on fire and ship exploded on way down to crash near Waldkappel, 20 miles SE of Kassel, Germany. MACR 4046. HOOSIER HOT SHOT.
B-17 #42-32109 / Mizpah
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; Missing in Action Budapest 14/7/44 with 1Lt Ewald A Swanson, 2Lt Paul Berndt, Gramenzi, Simonelli, Hish, Bell, Kelley, Tucker (8 Prisoner of War); Henderson, Dudley (2 Killed in Action); flak, nose blown off, crashed Solt; Missing Air Crew Report 6901. MIZPAH.
B-17 #42-38006 / Demo Darling
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; ass 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 8/1/44; {21m} MIA Kassel 19/4/44 Pilot: Stan Swenumson, Co-Pilot: Leon Lindroth, Navigator: Jim Caravolas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Stevens, Radio Operator: Theodore Bacho, Ball Turret Gunner: Amos Anderson, Waist Gunner: Charles Gessnor, Waist Gunner: Edwin Arnett (8POW); Bombardier: Ernie Bunte, Tail Gunner: Mike Schumacher (2KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, set on fire and ship exploded on way down to crash near Waldkappel, 20 miles SE of Kassel, Germany. MACR 4046. HOOSIER HOT SHOT.
B-17 #42-3328 / Miss Fortune
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Dorfverein Alschbach e.V am 13. November 2023 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
Guten Tag, der Dorfverein Alschbach eV. wird anlässlich des Flugzeugabsturzes am 25.02.1944 einen Gedenkstein aufstellen. Das abgestürzte Flugzeug war die B17G 42.31431 "Solid Sender", 447 Bomb Group 8th USAAF, das...
Peter Swanson am 11. November 2023 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
My late father was a Navigator on B-17 based in Basingborn RAF base. Flew 25 missions over Europe. His best friend from Basic Training was the co-pilot you mention in...
Bill Reynolds am 16. September 2023 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
My Great Uncle S/SGT Guy Wyatt was a waist gunner aboard the B-17 "Desperate Journey" I have very limited info on his plane and would like to find any pictures...
Jack Howard am 13. Juli 2023 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
For serial number 41-24521, the name "The Joker's Wild" is actually on the port (left) side and the name "Black Jack" is actually on the starboard (right) side. Don't feel...
Paul Graf am 16. März 2023 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
Hi William, thanks for dropping me a line about our fathers and their B-17 experiences! I so rarely hear from anyone about it and am always looking for more info...
William Wallace am 15. März 2023 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
My father was the flight engineer on the Government Girl and I also have his “Lucky Bastard Club” certificate. I remember my parents going to reunions in Florida to meet...
Donna Ferguson am 04. Februar 2022 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
My father was Co-pilot Dana F. Dudley aboard the Thunderbird (41-24437) when it had 2 engines shot out in N. Africa. Earnie Pyle wrote a story about the incident that...
Ross Smith am 12. Dezember 2021 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
You may find the 94th Bomb Group Database Facebook page useful. They have copies of the mission charts you mention and I was able to see your Father listed flying...
Paul Graf am 11. Dezember 2021 bei Über diese B-17 Webseite
I'm on a never ending mission to find my father's WWII 8th Army Air Force service information. He is: John Edward Graf from Lockport, Niagra County, NY. Born 6/21/1924 -...