Source:
www.303rdbg.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-60-BO: 42-29532 to 42-29631 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 303rd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 360th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | PU-M |
| MACR | 91 |
| KSU/ME/KU: | 188/43 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 July 1943) |
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.
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 | - |
This page was last updated on 11 August 2021
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