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Source:
www.303rdbg.com
Production-block:
B-17F-60-BO: 42-29532 to 42-29631
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 360th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: PU-M
MACR: 91 / KSU/ME/KU: 188/43
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
B-17 42-29606 / Butch aka Toots Details
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 | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Paul Blank | 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 | - |
03. September 2019 access_time 23:11
Trying to find info on father Earl W. Quillman-navigator . At some point with Butch B-17. Believed to have been with 305th and or 303rd. Plane # 42-29606