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In the US a crew was formed around pilot Leonard J Gaik. At that time of the WWII a B-17-crew consisted of 10 persons, pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, engineer, radio operator, ball turreet, tail gunner AND 2 waist gunners. So did the Gaik crew consisted of 10 men.
After the training flights of crew # 30 Gaik from Framlingham/Parham Airbase the Army decided to reduce the crew to 9 members and cancel the position of the 2nd waist gunner.
In the following overview you can find who was in which position during what flight.
First Crew Gaik (in the USA)
Back row, from left to right: Eckerle, Degnan, Sewell, Prangl, Hoffstetter First row, from left to right: Gaik, Carroll, Flanigan, Cohen
Missing on this picture: Robert Glaman (maybe the photographer of this picture??)
| USA | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Degnan | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen |
| Radio Operator | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hofstetter | Hofstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner
|
Prangl
Eckerle |
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
| #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen |
| Radio Operator | Klutts | Gutov | Murphy | Von Bergen | Crisp | Magriso | Evanovich |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hofstetter | Hofstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl |
| #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18A | #18 | #19 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Cohen | Cohen | Hamlin | Freund | ??? | Cahill | Weldon |
| Radio Operator | Evanovich | Evanovich | Evanovich | Evanovich | ??? | Evanovich | Evanovich |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hofstetter | Hofstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl |
| #20 | #21 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Weldon | Weldon |
| Radio Operator | Evanovich | Evanovich |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner | Prangl | Prangl |
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In Amerika werd de crew piloot Leonard J Gaik samengesteld. Op dat tijdstip in WO2 bestand een B-17-crew nog uit 10 personen, te weten een piloot, co-piloot, navigator, bombardier, engineer, radio operator, ball turret, tail gunner EN 2 waist gunners. Dus ook de crew van piloot Gaik bestond uit 10 personen.
Na de trainingsvluchten vanaf Framlingham/Parham Airbase besloot de Army om de 2e waist gunner te schrappen.
In het volgende schema is als een samenvatting te zien wie welke positie innam gedurende welke missie.
Eerste crew Gaik (in Amerika)
achterste rij v.l.n.r.: Eckerle, Degnan, Sewell, Prangl, Hoffstetter voorste rij v.l.n.r.: Gaik, Carroll, Flanigan, Cohen
Ontbreekt op deze foto Robert Glaman (misschien de fotograaf van deze foto??)
| USA | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Degnan | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen |
| Radio Operator | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell | Sewell |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hofstetter | Hofstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner
|
Prangl
Eckerle |
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
Prangl
|
| #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen | Cohen |
| Radio Operator | Klutts | Gutov | Murphy | Von Bergen | Crisp | Magriso | Evanovich |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hofstetter | Hofstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl |
| #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18A | #18 | #19 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Cohen | Cohen | Hamlin | Freund | ??? | Cahill | Weldon |
| Radio Operator | Evanovich | Evanovich | Evanovich | Evanovich | ??? | Evanovich | Evanovich |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter | Hofstetter | Hofstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl | Prangl |
| #20 | #21 | |
| Pilot | Gaik | Gaik |
| Co-pilot | Carroll | Carroll |
| Engineer | Eckerle | Eckerle |
| Navigator | Flanigan | Flanigan |
| Bombardier | Weldon | Weldon |
| Radio Operator | Evanovich | Evanovich |
| Ball Turret | Hoffstetter | Hoffstetter |
| Tail Gunner | Glaman | Glaman |
| Waist Gunner | Prangl | Prangl |
