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Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17G-60-BO: 42-102744 to 42-102978
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 546th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BK-Q
MACR: 11340 / KSU/ME/KU: 3455
History of
B-17 42-102933 / Queenie
Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-Q] Grafton Underwood 8/6/44; battle damaged Merseburg 12/12/44; crash landed continent; Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 11340. GREMLINS HOTEL aka QUEENIE.
Last updated: 28. January 2021
B-17 42-102933 / Queenie Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Kenneth Oliver Hale | POW/RTD | - |
| CP | 2LT | Normal Gail Morgen | POW/RTD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Robert Earl Nielson | POW/RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Patrick Joseph Caulfield | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Carl Harry Goetz, Jr. | POW/RTD | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Harold F. Uebel | POW/RTD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harrison William Roach | POW/RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Dale R. Allen | POW/RTD | - |
| TOG | S/SGT | Richard Britton Muagrave | POW/RTD | - |
28. January 2021 access_time 2:43
This is the wrong serial number and bomb group associated with “The Gremlin’s Hotel”. The B-17G named The Gremlin’s Hotel had the serial number 42-102935 and was flown by my father, Adam L. Gette, 331st squadron, 94th Bomb Group from April through July 1944 from the airfield at Bury St Edmonds. It was subsequently flown by another pilot in the same squadron. I have a photo of my father standing in front of the aircraft with the serial number visible. I also have mission sheets that tie my father’s name to the last 3 digits of this serial number.
22. June 2021 access_time 0:55
Dr. Gette,
I just read your comment today, June 21, 2021, while attempting to research some potential museum sites for the disposition of articles from my late father’s small collection. My father, Harold W. Rummel Sr., was one of your father’s waist gunners on the Gremlin Hotel during late 1943 and 1944 until he was wounded by FLAK over Paris (June 22, 1944). I can remember my father mentioning “Gette” as the AC. I am absolutely fascinated to read your comments here as I also have “Lingering Contrails..” and have been confounded by the same error/ information conflict. The mission that our fathers were on together, mine wounded, is mentioned on page 197 of Lingering Contrails. Also: I have an original photograph of my father standing in a group beside the aircraft during a mission briefing – your father may be in the photo.
I hope that you will be able to contact me (email) through this website; I will check back here as well.
Captain K. Rummel, United Airlines, Ret.
22. June 2021 access_time 8:09
Hello Rummel,
I have informed Dr. Gette about your comment.
I hope, he will response.
Cheers
Jing
22. June 2021 access_time 12:31
Jing,
Thank you for responding. Fortunately, I was able to find and contact Dr. Gette after responding to his post, above. We were able to share a great deal regarding our fathers’ history during and post-war. Without question, they crewed many missions together.
Fascinating!
Kim Rummel
22. June 2021 access_time 13:14
Hello Kim,
that’s great news!
Fantastic! 🙂
Cheers
Jing
12. December 2022 access_time 21:07
Hello! I am Jillian, and my great-grandfather, Daryl L. Reed, was the subsequent pilot of #42-102935, The Gremlin’s Hotel. It’s great to find the names of other crew who flew this aircraft.
28. January 2021 access_time 3:12
This is the wrong serial number and bomb group associated with the B-17G “The Gremlin’s Hotel”. My father flew this aircraft, serial #42-102935 from April through July 1944 with the 331st bomb squadron of the 94th Bomb Group in Bury St Edmunds. I have a photograph of my father standing in front of this aircraft, with the serial number visible on the nose. I also have multiple mission sheets associating the last three digits of the serial number with my father’s name, 1st Lieutenant Adam L. Gette. The history of the 94th Bomb Group, Lingering Contrails of the Big Square A, lists this aircraft on page 364. It erroneously assigns the name to serial number 42-102933, instead of 42-102935, which is just below the name. Another 94th Bomb Group pilot flew this aircraft later in 1944.
28. January 2021 access_time 8:39
Thank you very much for the correct information.
Sometimes sources mix up information from different planes. I have removed the name “The Gremlin’s Hotel” from #42-102933
Cheers
Jing
22. September 2024 access_time 23:24
Hello, my Grandfather was Ken Hale. He would say he didn’t remember either name Queenie or Gremlin’s Hotel. Unfortunately he also couldn’t remember his plane’s name. Where/how is the best way to research? Thanks!
02. March 2021 access_time 21:34
Hello Dr. Gette,
My Grandfather was Lt. Robert D. Atwood SR. who was the Bombardier with pilot COL Frank N Halm. Just wondering if your father crossed paths with my Grandpa?
01. February 2021 access_time 5:45
Looking through information I have on my grandfather, Daryl Reed, I find a note that states he was originally assigned to 40-102933 in the 384th bomb group, 546th squadron known as Queenie that went down 12 Dec 1944 during a Merseburg raid. However, I have until today always only known my grandfather to fly the Gremlin Hotel. Is it possible this plane had multiple names? I do have a picture of my grandfather (pilot) and his crew in front of the Gremlin Hotel nose art, but it does not also include the tail number so I cannot tell if this was a different plane or the same.
26. August 2021 access_time 17:46
https://www.facebook.com/MissouriVeteransHomeWB/posts/2872889599640587
Pilot 1st Lt Kenneth Hale turned 104 years old yesterday in the Missouri Veteran’s Home in Warrensburg, MO usa
22. September 2024 access_time 23:26
Thank you, Bruce, for sharing. This was my Grandfather. Sadly, he passed one month to the day later.