Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-60-BO: 42-29532 to 42-29631 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 2nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 20th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, ditched (24 January 1944) |
| Missions: | 63 |
History of
B-17 42-29602 / Evil Eye Egbert
Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/43; Salina 23/1/43; Kearney 26/2/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Navarin 4/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action Porto Civitanova 24/1/44 with Chas Watkins, Co-pilot: Ernie Blanton, Navigator: Erwin Rubenstein, Bombardier: John Hazlett{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Geiger, Radio Operator: L.E. Perkins, Ball turret gunner: Jack Bristol, Waist gunner: Clyde Bridges, Waist gunner: Edwin Eubanks,Tail gunner: Vivian Brody{Wounded in Action} (10 Returned to Duty), ditched mile off Bari, crew rescued by two small Italian boats.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-29602 / Evil Eye Egbert Details
This page was last updated on 02 January 2020
31. July 2024 access_time 5:07
My uncle Preston Thomas Cook front row far left was tail gunner for first 25 + missions before rotation to States promoting war bonds I would like any history of their missions .
07. July 2025 access_time 17:11
Hi, my grandfather, Holger Selling, was the pilot for many missions. My dad, Bill Selling, has a good amount of information i’m sure he’d be happy to share. You can contact him at: bselling@comcast.net
I’ll let him know to expect someone contacting him about this. If you want to contact me, my email is : reddoguno@att.net
Cheers,
Mike
24. October 2025 access_time 23:45
Hello Mike. My name is Bob McCarty. My father (Malcolm R. McCarty) was the navigator for 7 missions with your grandfather. I would be interested in any information that your father has about his dad’s missions. I was just recently able to reconstruct information about my dad’s missions after I was able to get some information from the Facebook page Fans of the B-17 Flying Fortress about what bomb group and squadron he was flying for. I was able to determine that my dad flew 48 missions with 7 different crews on 11 different B-17’s from 5/3/43 to 11/9/43. I had always heard that most crews flew only 25 missions. I am not sure why my dad extended his missions to 48. I was never able to discuss this with him as he was reluctant to talk about it and he passed away at the young age of 55.