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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-105-BO: 42-30432 bis 42-30531
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DI-A
MACR: 2659 / KSU/ME/KU: 1029
Geschichte der
B-17 42-30434 / Betty Boop-Pistol Packin’ Mama
Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-A] Framlingham 18/7/43; on Regensburg mission 17/8/43 Len Baumgartner was KIA; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Bob Bowman,Tail gunner: Carl Phillips (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Pat Reams, Navigator: Frank Belva, Bombardier: Carl Larsen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Daniel, Radio Operator: Marshall Peck, Ball turret gunner: Delbert Lambson, Waist gunner: Joe Embrey, Waist gunner: Harry Roberts (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Le Fond de la Borne, near St Erme, nine miles SE of Laon, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2659. BETTY BOOP – THE PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 23. Januar 2022
B-17 42-30434 / Betty Boop-Pistol Packin’ Mama Details
Betreff: Auszug aus dem S-2 Einsatzbericht über B-17F 42-30434
Um 1156 Uhr wurde A/C 434 in der Nähe von St. Quentin beobachtet, wie er sich von der Formation löste und zurück in Richtung der feindlichen Küste flog. Kein offensichtlicher Notstand. Keine Fallschirme.
Quelle: MACR 2659
Crew Foto
T/Sgt Marshall Carr Peck – POW; S/Sgt Delbert Demsey Lambson – POW; S/Sgt Carl Jack Phillips – KIA; S/Sgt Harold Seymour Roberts – POW; S/Sgt Joe Barnard Embrey – POW; T/Sgt Clarence Daniel – POW
Vordere Reihe L-R):
2Lt Carl Devon Larsen – POW; 2Lt Frank J Belva Jr – POW; 1Lt Robert B Bowman – KIA; 2Lt Patrick Paul Reams – POW
Datum der Aufnahme: 14 Februar 1944
B-17 42-30434 / Betty Boop-Pistol Packin’ Mama Crew
| Position | Rang | Name | Status | Bemerkung |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert B. Bowman | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Patrick P. Reams | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Frank J. Belva, Jr. | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Carl D. Larsen | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Clarence Daniel | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Marshall G. Peck | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Delbert D. Lambson | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joe B. Embrey | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harold S. Roberts | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Carl J. Phillips | KIA | - |
13. November 2022 access_time 13:01
The history channel did a documentary on this bomber. My grandfather Shirl J. Hoffman did all 25 before the crew above swapped out and the plane went down.
23. Januar 2023 access_time 18:32
Hi Kevin: Thanks for the note about your grandfather, Shirl J. Hoffman, who was crew member of the B-17 affectionately called “Betty Boop, the Pistol Packin Mama.” My mother’s first husband, Lenny Baumgartner, was a crew mate with your grandfather. Sgt. Baumgartner was killed on that plane on a bombing run over Rebensburg, Germany on August 17, 1943, when the plane was strafed by a German fighter. How I discovered this fact is quite a story in itself which I have chronicled as part of our family history. If you are interested send me your email address and I will forward that part of the plane’s legacy to you. By the way, my mother is alive, living on her own and doing well at 101 year of age. It really was the ‘greatest generation.” Lynn Matson
07. Januar 2024 access_time 4:30
My former father in law was Delbert Lambson. He was so interesting to hear the stories of his 18 months as a POW. I salute everyone of these brave men.