Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-35-DL 42-3190 4th BG, 331st BS, "Nip 'n Tuck") shot down by Lt. Horst Zettel in FW-190A of JG 2/I. Stab and crashlanded at Berengeville-la-Campagne, France Jul 14, 1943. 4 POW, 6 evaded. MACR 114.14-04-1943 Wednesday
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
ZETTEL, Horst. (DOB: 10.9.18). (W.B.K. Halle/Saale). 24.10.42 Fw., 1./JG 2. 01.11.42 Fw., promo to
Lt.. (Kr.O./Fl.). 29.05.43 Lt., 1./JG 2. 14.07.43 Lt., Stab I./JG 2. 27.07.43 Lt., Stab I./JG 2 KIA - Fw
190 A-6 shot down vic Pont l'Eveque, 5 km E of Cherbourg/France vic Gonneville. Credited with 3
victories. + 27-07-1943 Tuesday
LANGLEY FIELD, VA.RAJ, Gon, Delon 0. Samone (left), Commanding General of the Army's General Headquarters Air Force, who will be in command of the flight of seven Flying Fortresses to Rio de Janeiro, Hov. 10, shown cheoking emergency equipment and food supplies to be taken on the trip, with Lieut. Col. Robert Olde (right) Commanding Officer of the 2nd Bombardment group. In the rear is the
flagship of the flight.
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Boeing B-17G-20-BO 42-31490 Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gt Falls 12/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Gr Island 3/12/43; Bangor 5/12/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 10/1/44; Missing in Action {5m} Frankfurt 24/3/44 with John Rickerson, Co-pilot: Don Wilson, Navigator: Walt Oneschak, Waist gunner: John Phelps (4 evaded capture); Bombardier: Ed Hammer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Wilbur, Radio Operator: Durward Williams, Ball turret gunner: Alfredo Lujan, Waist gunner: Paul Sanzone,Tail gunner: Tom Lamore* (6 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-40008 crash landed Gondecourt, near Camphin-en-Carembault, 10 miles SW of Lille, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3538. (* escaped and joined Russian Army until war ended)
Boeing B-17F-110-BO 42-30604 (100th BG, 350th BS, *Badger's Beauty V*) crash landed in Normandy near Villers, France Oct 4, 1943. MACR 843. All crew survived, 5 POW, 5 evaded
Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/43; Gore 29/6/43; Gr Isle 22/6/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 10/8/43; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action St Dizier 4/10/43 with Capt Harry Helstrom, Co-pilot: Hubert Trent, Navigator: Harry Curtice, Bombardier: Hilbert Phillippe evaded capture for weeks, Ball turret gunner: Bill Edwards, weg-Chas Crippen (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Giles, Radio Operator: Carroll Haarup, Waist gunner: Joe Shandor, Tail gunner: Tom Mezynski (4 evaded capture); flak KO'd #3 and damaged another, crash landed Caen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 843
Used for spare parts by the Luftwaffe for their B-17