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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-105-BO: 42-30432 to 42-30531
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DI-A
MACR: 2659 / KSU/ME/KU: 1029
History of
B-17 42-30434 / Betty Boop-Pistol Packin’ Mama
Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-A] Framlingham 18/7/43; on Regensburg mission 17/8/43 Len Baumgartner was KIA; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Bob Bowman,Tail gunner: Carl Phillips (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Pat Reams, Navigator: Frank Belva, Bombardier: Carl Larsen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Daniel, Radio Operator: Marshall Peck, Ball turret gunner: Delbert Lambson, Waist gunner: Joe Embrey, Waist gunner: Harry Roberts (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Le Fond de la Borne, near St Erme, nine miles SE of Laon, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2659. BETTY BOOP – THE PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.
Last updated: 23. January 2022
B-17 42-30434 / Betty Boop-Pistol Packin’ Mama Details
Subject: Extract from S-2 Mission Report Regarding B-17F 42-30434
At 1156 hours near St. Quentin, A/C 434 was observed to peel off from formation and head back toward the enemy coast. No apparent distress. No chutes.
Source: MACR 2659
T/Sgt Marshall Carr Peck – POW; S/Sgt Delbert Demsey Lambson – POW; S/Sgt Carl Jack Phillips – KIA; S/Sgt Harold Seymour Roberts – POW; S/Sgt Joe Barnard Embrey – POW; T/Sgt Clarence Daniel – POW
Front row (left to right):
2Lt Carl Devon Larsen – POW; 2Lt Frank J Belva Jr – POW; 1Lt Robert B Bowman – KIA; 2Lt Patrick Paul Reams – POW
Date of the picture: 14 February 1944
B-17 42-30434 / Betty Boop-Pistol Packin’ Mama Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert B. Bowman | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | Patrick P. Reams | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Frank J. Belva, Jr. | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Carl D. Larsen | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Clarence Daniel | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Marshall G. Peck | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Delbert D. Lambson | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joe B. Embrey | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Harold S. Roberts | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Carl J. Phillips | KIA | - |
13. November 2022 access_time 13:01
The history channel did a documentary on this bomber. My grandfather Shirl J. Hoffman did all 25 before the crew above swapped out and the plane went down.
23. January 2023 access_time 18:32
Hi Kevin: Thanks for the note about your grandfather, Shirl J. Hoffman, who was crew member of the B-17 affectionately called “Betty Boop, the Pistol Packin Mama.” My mother’s first husband, Lenny Baumgartner, was a crew mate with your grandfather. Sgt. Baumgartner was killed on that plane on a bombing run over Rebensburg, Germany on August 17, 1943, when the plane was strafed by a German fighter. How I discovered this fact is quite a story in itself which I have chronicled as part of our family history. If you are interested send me your email address and I will forward that part of the plane’s legacy to you. By the way, my mother is alive, living on her own and doing well at 101 year of age. It really was the ‘greatest generation.” Lynn Matson
07. January 2024 access_time 4:30
My former father in law was Delbert Lambson. He was so interesting to hear the stories of his 18 months as a POW. I salute everyone of these brave men.