Production-block:
B-17F-70-BO: 42-29732 to 42-29831
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 524th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WA-T
MACR: 1350
History of
B-17 42-29830 / Peter Wabbit
Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-A] Kimbolton; then 524BS [WA-T]; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Erwalt Wagner, Co-pilot: Bill Barnard, Navigator: Joe Hilderbrand, Bombardier: Ken Gibbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kushman, Radio Operator: Ben Radensky, Ball turret gunner: Francis Donahue, Waist gunner: Marvin Charlson, Waist gunner: Eldred Andruss,Tail gunner: Dean Yates (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, six miles W of Bingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1350. PETER WABBIT.
Last updated: 31. May 2017
B-17 42-29830 / Peter Wabbit Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Erwalt D Wagner | KIA | - |
| CP | 1LT | William C Barnard | KIA | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Joseph J Hilderbrand | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Kenneth F Gibbs | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Henry I Cushman | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Benjamin Radensky | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Francis J Donahue | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Marvin T Charlson | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Eldred J Andruss | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Dean J Yates | KIA | - |
04. October 2023 access_time 17:38
It is only recent that I started to learn about my father who was in the Army AirForce. He WWll stationed at Kimbolton England as a Co-Pilot on B-17 Peter Wabbit, 528 Bombardment Squardon, 379th Bombardment Group (H). He was wounded on June 11, 1943 on a mission over Germany. His name was Joseph A. Butler a 2nd Lt. I have been trying to find as much information, pictures anything when my father was there and the crews. Knowing about these brave men has made me proud of my dad. Thank you