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Source:
www.301bg.com
Production-block:
B-17F-5-BO: 41-24390 to 41-24439
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 301st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 352nd Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 41-24397 / Phyllis
Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 8/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42; detailed mission to Meaulte, Fr 2/10/42; crash landed RAF Gatwick 2/10/42 with 1Lt. Charles W. Paine, Jr. Co-pilot: 1Lt Robert H. Long, Navigator: 2Lt John A. Thomson, Bombardier: 2Lt Stanley A. Komarik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: H.M. Peterson Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: SSgt Walter G. Parcells, Ball turret gunner: Sgt A.N. Bouthillier, Waist gunner: Sgt Tom J. Coburn, Jr. Wounded in Action, Waist gunner: SSgt T.L.Sheeder, Tail gunner: SSgt B.T. Taucher Wounded in Action. Salvaged battle damaged. Nose cut off to release injured crewmen; 16 cannon holes, over 300 bullet holes plus flak damage. PHYLLIS.
Last updated: 6. January 2018
B-17 41-24397 / Phyllis Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Charles W. Paine, Jr. | RTD | - |
| CP | 1LT | Robert H. Long | RTD | - |
| NAV | 2LT | John A. Thomson | RTD | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Stanley A. Komarik | RTD | - |
| ENG/TT | --- | H. M. Peterson | WIA | - |
| RO | S/SGT | Walter G. Parcells | RTD | - |
| BT | SGT | A.N. Bouthillier | RTD | - |
| WG | SGT | Tom J. Coburn, Jr. | WIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | T. L. Sheeder, | RTD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | B. T. Taucher | WIA | - |
22. June 2020 access_time 0:24
My father was Robert H. Long, co-pilot of the Phyllis. Thanks for the posting. My tel. no. Is 757-869-9701.
22. February 2022 access_time 18:31
My dad worked on “Phyllis” as a mechanic in WW II
14. August 2023 access_time 7:42
My Dad was John Thomson the navigator. He went on to complete and somehow survive 50 combat missions.
06. April 2024 access_time 5:14
Charles W. Paine, Jr. was my grandfather on my mother’s side, but I never got to meet him as he and my grandmother divorced long before I was born. I remember the comic that detailed their mission as a kid in Valdosta, GA.
29. June 2024 access_time 21:30
‘Am reading about “Phyllis” in an old book written 1947: AIR FORCE DIARY 111 Stories from the Official Service Journal of the USAAF – Selected and Edited by James H. Straubel, Colonel, Air Force Reserve”. Page 21, “Phyllis Had the Stuff”. , by Lt. Charles W. Paine. Incredible true stories by couragous patriots.