42-30194 / We Ain’t Scared | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30194 / We Ain’t Scared

Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231

Manufacturer:
Boeing

Bomb Squadron:
335th Bomb Squadron

RCL: OE-O

Fate:

MACR: 253

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History of
B-17 42-30194 / We Ain’t Scared

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore Fd 25/4/43; Smoky Hill 12/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Field 1/6/43. Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 15/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 16/6/43 (8 missions). “WE AIN’T SCARED”. Missing in Action Bonn 12 August 1943 – enemy aircraft shot out #4; crashed Kattenbos, three miles S of Lommel, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 253.

Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link/CommissionsEarned)

Last updated: 6. August 2017

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B-17 42-30194 / We Ain’t Scared Crew

Position	Rank	Name	Status	Note
P	CPT	Clifford B. Hamilton	KIA	-
CP	MAJ	Clifford E. Cole	EVD	back in England on 18 October 1943
NAV	1LT	Leroy F. Lawson	POW	-
BOMB	1LT	Virgil W. Jones	POW	-
ENG/TT	T/SGT	John L. Anderson	POW	-
RO	T/SGT	Lydle C. Ocheltree	KIA	-
BT	S/SGT	Claude E. De Verger	KIA	-
WG	S/SGT	Cleo H. Gardner	KIA	-
WG	COL	Daniel W. Jenkins	POW	-
TG	LTC	Churchill L. Scott	KIA	-
OBS	1LT	John J. Lee	POW	-

Steve Rima
23. May 2018 23:07

My Grandfather Clifford Hamilton was the pilot of 42-30194.
Both he and his brother went to Canada before the US got into the war to be flight instructors. After that they were both shipped back to the US to train as flight commanders in the B17. They then were shipped off to their new base in Horham England and flew with the 95th BG , 335 sq. .

Susan Greenhood
30. September 2020 6:49

My Uncle, Claude DeVerger was Ball Turret gunner killed on that plane. Last mission then he would’ve been coming home. Lots of brave guys lost in WWII. So proud of the Air Force!

Ad van Zantvoort
05. February 2022 10:08

Dear Susan. Would you like to contact me as I am very intersted in the story and crew of this ship. Will tell you more when you contacted me.

Ad van Zantvoort
05. February 2022 10:07

Dear Sir, Would you be so kind to get in touch with me as I am very interested in the history and crew of this ship. I doing much research on wartime plane crashes in the S.E. part of The Netherlands and while I was looking for the crashsite of a Lancaster bomber somne one of the people who lived in Luijksgestel which is very close to the Dutch/Belgian border with Lommel I suddenly found much parts coming from a B17. Will tell you more when you contact me.

Ad van Zantvoort
21. June 2022 10:31

Hi Steve, would you like to get in touch of me as I researching this B17

Steve Rima
22. June 2022 2:21

Hello,
My name is Steve Rima, grandson of Clifford Hamilton (cptn of B-17 We Ain’t Scared). You can email me directly… steverima@yahoo.com

Ad van Zantvoort
22. June 2022 7:32

Many Thanks Steve, I will contact you. Regards, Adrian

Steve Rima
04. March 2024 23:45

Hello, Sorry for the late response.. better late than never 🙂 . Yes, my Grandfather Cliff Hamilton was the pilot of 42-30194 ” We Ain’t Scared” . Please email me if you have any questions… Thanks, Steve

Ian Lawson
03. June 2022 18:18

My Great Uncle Leroy Lawson was the navigator. His story is told in the book B17s over Berlin. My father told me how him and fellow airmen were stabbed in the back by someone in the French underground. The Gestapo kicked his front teeth in after he was found in 43 and served as a POW in Stalag Luft 3 through the end of the war. I remember him as a very humble man in my much younger years. My grandfather and all his brothers/distant relatives served in WWII.

Ad van Zantvoort
11. June 2022 8:54

Steve, Susan and Ian would you please contact me as we found some parts in Luijksgestel (5 km South of Lommel) of probably B17 42030194

Ian Lawson
14. June 2022 3:34

According to my Great Uncle’s writing, he was shot down neat Valkenswaard Holland which is close to the Belgian border. I’d love to hear more from you about this.