Crew 42-29792


Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-70-BO - s/n 42-29792 KY*G

 
 Lieutenant

James C PERRY

 Pilot Dead - Cemetery American BrittanyL-16-2 perry james tombe
Lieutenant 

Robert S RODDY

 CoPilot Dead - Rose Hill Cemetery Bells TEXAS
Lieutenant 

Herbert P KORENKO

 Bomber Dead - Cemetery American BrittanyN-2-10 korenko herbert tombe
 Lieutenant

Russell B ROSE

 Navigator Dead
 Staff Sergeant

John R GEMMEL

 Gunner Dead - Cemetery American BrittanyO-5-5 gemmel john tombe
Sergeant 

Michael MACINSKY

 Gunner Dead - Cemetery American  Neupre C-25-13
 Sergeant

Ralph A VITELLO

 Gunner Dead - Cemetery American Brittany A-1-12  vitello ralph tombe
 Sergeant

Raymond H ALLABY

 Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
perry james teamperry c james team

 

Stèle en mémoire de l'équipage du B17

 
B-17F (n°42-29792) shot down over St Nazaire on May 29th 1943.
The mission 42-29792 participated in was one of 61 that the USAAF did and the 9th US bombing of St Nazaire. The objective remained the submarine pens. According to data collected from M Lugez's interview of the sole survivor, Sgt Raymond H Allaby (tail gunner), the plane was hit by AA fire at 8400m while dropping its bombs on the submarine pens. The AA fire hit the wings and front of the plane.
Reference M Lugez's « Missions de bombardements Américains sur Saint-Nazaire » published in 1998 with Ouest France (ISBN 2-7373-2280-4).

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