William H Bigelow Crew
2LT William Bigelow crew (547th BS)
Replacement crew assigned to the 547th BS on July 3, 1943. Shot down on the August 12, 1943 mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany, aboard B-17F 42-29686 "Pie-Eyed Piper," code SO*B. While flying in coffin-corner, the plane was attacked by 4 Fw 190's from the rear, which shot the vertical stabilizer off. All but one of the crew bailed out. The rest became POW's.
BACK ROW L-R: William Bigelow, Richard G. Hill, Walter Humphreys, Earl H. Price
FRONT ROW L-R: George M. Fulton, William L. Hamilton, Walter Nowotny, Michael Lome, William G. Bartels, Martin L. Parisot
photo courtesy of Martin Parisot
Original Site Crew Photos
- Created on
- Saturday 3 November 2007
- Posted on
- Saturday 3 November 2007
- Dimensions
- 500*380
- File
- bigelow.jpg
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