| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-110-BO: 42-30532 to 42-30616 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 350th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | LN-T |
| MACR | 843 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (04 October 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-30604 / Badger’s Beauty V
Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/43; Gore 29/6/43; Gr Isle 22/6/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 10/8/43; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action St Dizier 4/10/43 with Capt Harry Helstrom, Co-pilot: Hubert Trent, Navigator: Harry Curtice, Bombardier: Hilbert Phillippe {evaded capture for weeks}, Ball turret gunner: Bill Edwards, weg-Chas Crippen (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Giles, Radio Operator: Carroll Haarup, Waist gunner: Joe Shandor,Tail gunner: Tom Mezynski (4 evaded capture); flak KO’d #3 and damaged another, crash landed Caen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 843. Salvaged and survived at Boeing Museum. BADGER’S BEAUTY V.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
B-17 42-30604 / Badger’s Beauty V Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | CPT | Harold B. Helstrom | POW | - |
| CP | F/O | Hubert E. Trent | POW | - |
| NAV | 1LT | Harold H. Curtice | POW | - |
| BOMB | 1LT | Hilbert W. Phillippe | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Robert C. Giles | EVD | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Carroll F. Haarup | EVD | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Thomas F. Mezynski | EVD | - |
| WG | S/SGT | William D. Edwards | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Joseph Shandor | EVD | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Charles E. Crippen | POW | - |
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