Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 335th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: OE-O
MACR: 253
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.
Last updated: 6. August 2017
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 | - |
23. May 2018 access_time 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. .
30. September 2020 access_time 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!
05. February 2022 access_time 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.
05. February 2022 access_time 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.