Produktionsblock:
B-17G-20-DL: 42-37894 bis 42-37988
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 568th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BI-K
MACR: 4013
Einsätze: 20
Geschichte der
B-17 42-37902 / Hells Belles aka Sure Thing
Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Gr Island 27/10/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 8/11/43 as HELL’S BELLS; Missing in Action Oranieburg (20m) 18/4/44 with Jack Harrison, Co-pilot: Gene Pettinelli, Navigator: Bob Adler, Bombardier: Vic Guthrie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Vance, Radio Operator: Bill Matthews, Ball turret gunner: Adolph Chilek, Waist gunner: Bob Frith, Waist gunner: Sherman Pickard,Tail gunner: Melvin Hames (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit in bomb bay and #2 engine caught fire, crashed Barnewitz, ten miles NE of Brandenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4013. SURE THING.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2. Juli 2018
29. Oktober 2019 access_time 4:05
My Uncle ‘Johnny R. Enlow’ Top Turret / Engineer and the rest of the crew “CREW 18” were pulled from Hells Belles just days before she went down. Men of steel they were.