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Source:
100thbg.com
Production-block:
B-17F-85-BO: 42-30032 to 42-30131
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- 561st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: LD-S
MACR: 677
History of
B-17 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/6/43 PADDLEFOOT; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43; Me 110s KO’d one engine then ship lost another before a wing snapped off, crashed Schmalgraf, five miles N of Eupen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 677. PICKLEPUSS.
Last updated: 31. December 2021
B-17 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss Details
Eyewitness Description To Missing Aircraft:
B-17 #063 was seen to turn back from formation near Frankfurt. Plane was still under control when last seen. Ten chutes were reported to have been seen.
Source: MACR 677
B-17 42-30063 / Paddlefoot aka Picklepuss Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Robert M. Knox | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | John O. Whitaker | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Edwin F. Tobin | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ernest E. Warsaw | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | SGT | Glover Barney | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Walter Paulsen | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Frank W. Tychewicz | POW | - |
| WG | SGT | Alex Markowski | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph LaSpada | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Henry A. Norton | KIA | - |
28. December 2019 access_time 1:17
If possible, e-mail all relavent photos of crew of this ship. I am copilot’s nephew.
12. June 2020 access_time 22:58
Dan, I am related to Henry A. Norton. Were you able to obtain any additional photos of this crew? I would also be interested in seeing them if you did. Thanks.
29. June 2021 access_time 17:03
Hi Dan, I am intensively involved in writing a book about the history of the German Luftwaffe night fighter-wing (II./Nacht-Jagd-Geschwader 1). Because Hptm. von Bonin, Oblt. Walter Barte and Lt. Hans Witzke claiming the B-17 “Picklepuss”, I would be very interested to use some photos in my book.
You would be doing me a big favor with this.
Thanks in advance, René