[Homer_J_Simpson]

How many gunners were normally included in a B-17 crew? It seems like a couple are missing from the list on your post. I’ll bet the tail and waist gunners figured they had had enough excitement for one day when the ME crashed into their work space.

[fso301]

How many gunners were normally included in a B-17 crew?

This was a B-17F, the same variant as the Memphis Belle. From what I can tell, the B-17F had a 10 man crew but I saw on several sites that only 9 men flew on certain type missions (don't know which type mission).

Here are two pic's of the Memphis Belle, one showing a 9 man crew .

Here's one of theMemphis Belle with a 10 man crew:

Here's a little more on the F variant http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2453.

It seems like a couple are missing from the list on your post.

From the signed list it looks as if a waist gunner is missing but from what I can tell, all crew members survived this mission. Either they flew with a 9 man crew that day or one of the waist gunners didn't want to be reminded.

I’ll bet the tail and waist gunners figured they had had enough excitement for one day when the ME crashed into their work space.

I bet the first thing they did after landing was change their pants.