42-5145 The Gremlin

media-26138.jpeg UPL 26138 42-5145 "The Gremlin"

Marchese/Osborne/ AAM at Boeing B-17F 42-5145 vs Douglas 42-3145.
Photo is of the Boeing .

Object Number - UPL 26138 - 42-5145 "The Gremlin"

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; West Palm Beach 7/1/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Biskra 11/1/43; Ain M'Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; 62m transferred 96BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action 40m Padua 11/3/44 with Bill Peters, Co-pilot: Fred Penn, Navigator: Bill Staugus, Bombardier: Raphael Rose, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Turner Pickrel, Radio Operator: Ed Spriggs, Ball turret gunner: Chas Mercier, Waist gunner: Fred Olsen, Waist gunner: George Steinhauser,Tail gunner: Hans Wenzel (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, wing broke off and ditched Adriatic ; Missing Air Crew Report 2836. THE GREMLIN.

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added block number

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corrected date of loss from MACR

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Asssociated AAM image and Osborne sysnopsis.

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Corrected from Douglas s/n to Boeing consistent with image* and Osborne entery at AAM..
* See Marchese; FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 for discussion of the identity resolution and for underside demarcations.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-5145: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 26138 - 42-5145 "The Gremlin"

Object number: UPL 26658 - Aircraft No: 42-5145 'The Gremlin'

Object number: UPL 43084 - B-17F-BO 42-5145, 12th AF