Search found 2 matches
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:20 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Crash of Red "A" Baby in Australia 1942
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6563
Re: Crash of Red "A" Baby in Australia 1942
In the text of my post, I mistakenly called the plane, Baby "A" Red. It should be Red "A" Baby.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Crash of Red "A" Baby in Australia 1942
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6563
Crash of Red "A" Baby in Australia 1942
For quite some time, I've been researching the death of my Dad's best friend who was killed in action. Robert A. French was a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed Baby "A" Red, flown by Captain Weldon Smith. On June 30, 1942, after bombing Japanese-held Kendari Airfield on Celebes, a Zero atta...