B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-29606 / Butch aka Toots

B-17 #42-29606 / Butch aka Tootszoom_in

Source:
www.303rdbg.com

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: PU-M

MACR: 91 / KSU/ME/KU: 188/43

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History of
B-17 42-29606 / Butch aka Toots

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 6/4/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Capt John Van Wie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Hlebasko, Ball turret gunner: Gene Morton, Waist gunner: Theo Swanson (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Walsh, Navigator: Paul Blank, Bombardier: Bob Taylor, Radio Operator: Bob Noll, Waist gunner: Ben Spring{later repatriated},Tail gunner: Bob Bridges (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Retwischof, S of Bad Oldesloe, SW of Lubeck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 91. TOOTS – BUTCH.

Last updated: 11. August 2021

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B-17 42-29606 / Butch aka Toots Details

B-17 #42-29606 / Butch aka Toots
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Lt. Van Wie And Crew on 16 July 1943
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B-17 42-29606 / Butch aka Toots Crew

Position Rank Name Status Note
P 1LT John A. Van Wie KIA
CP 2LT James D. Walsh POW
BOMB 1LT Robert L. Taylor POW
ENG/TT T/SGT Albert Hlebasko KIA
RO T/SGT Robert W. Noll POW
BT S/SGT Eugene L. Morton KIA
WG S/SGT Benjamin F. Spring POW
WG S/SGT Theodore G. Swanson KIA
TG S/SGT Robert C. Bridges POW

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