Production-block:
B-17G-65-BO: 43-37509 to 43-37673
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 613th Bomb Squadron
- 614th Bomb Squadron
- 615th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IY-L
MACR: 8204
History of
B-17 43-37511 / Jill’s Jalopy
Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 5/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 23/5/44; 614BS [IW-Y], 615BS [IY-L]; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Melvin Fish, Navigator: Gene Cramer, Bombardier: Ken Lucas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Smith, Radio Operator: Melvin Warren, Waist gunner: John Hanchak (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Leslie Hauss, Ball turret gunner: Bill Cook,Tail gunner: Jim Huff (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #4, crashed Klein-Thondorf, NE of Uelzen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8204. JILL’S JALOPY.
Last updated: 25. May 2017
B-17 43-37511 / Jill’s Jalopy Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Melvin S. Fish | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Leslie H. Hauss | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Eugene H. Cramer | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Kenneth D. Lucas | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Warren G. Smith | POW | - |
| RO | SGT | Melvin H. Warren | POW | - |
| BT | --- | William R. Cook | KIA | - |
| WG | SGT | John W. Hanchak | POW | - |
| TG | --- | James W. Huff | KIA | - |
08. July 2017 access_time 5:38
My great grandfather Jack Lippert was the pilot of the Jill’s Jalopy in 1944. William MacCartney
08. July 2017 access_time 15:23
Thank you for this information 🙂
09. August 2020 access_time 22:27
My dad was Jack Lippert’s TT/Eng, George Pettit
25. November 2018 access_time 14:14
My Uncle, 2nd Lt Leslie Hauss, survived the evac of Jills Jalopy and safely parachuted to ground…only to be shot by a civilian on ground. I have the documentation of his murder if you require it…including the name of German who murdered him. He was tried for war crimes and died in prison.
25. November 2018 access_time 14:26
That’s sad. Please sent me the information to info@b17flyingfortress.de
12. April 2020 access_time 19:54
Sorry for te 2 year delay. If you still would like the information, please email to my personal address. Thanks!
27. March 2019 access_time 16:09
My great uncle, Thomas Youmans, was the co-pilot and navigator with Lippert in 1944. My uncle commented that when returning to the states, he was given the option of returning by ship or plane. He chose the ship and never flew again for the rest of his life.
09. August 2020 access_time 22:31
Jack Lippert, Tom Youmans and dad, George Pettit all trained together in the states but got all new crew members when the went to England. My younger brother is Thomas.