Production-block:
B-17F-90-BO: 42-30132 to 42-30231
Manufacturer:
Boeing
MACR: 253
History of the
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.
Crew 42-30194 / We Ain’t Scared
| Position | Rang/Rank | Name | Status | Bemerkung/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 | - |
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von Steve Rima am 23. May 2018 23:07 Uhr
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. .