Production-block:
B-17F-20-DL: 42-3039 to 42-3073
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 410th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 6142
History of
B-17 42-3063
Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Tinker 12/3/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Presque Is 7/4/43; Earls Colne, Ex. 12/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Harry Johnson, Co-pilot: Henry Kvevli, Navigator: Dave Fussell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Leland, Radio Operator: John Daliski, Ball turret gunner: Harry DeRouchie, Waist gunner: Bob Thomas, Waist gunner: Larry Worthey,Tail gunner: Earl Bennett (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Blair Hale (POW-kept afloat by his chute, picked up by German boat and taken to Lubeck.); crashed Baltic Sea, off Langeland Point, Denmark. Missing Air Crew Report 6142. OLE TOBE.
Last updated: 5. March 2018
08. June 2020 access_time 0:31
Ole Tobe was named after a mule that belonged to the family of T/Sgt. Edmond M. Hamic who deployed to England as a member of Harold Johnson’s crew. Edmond was from Shelby County, Alabama and was KIA while crewing aboard a different B-17 on May 29, 1943.
24. September 2020 access_time 2:10
Just wanted to say hello. I hope you are doing well. Thanks for your comment on this sight. I look ever now and then to see if there is anything new. I look often on facebook at eh 94th bomb group sight. God Bless, Carl Jr.
13. February 2021 access_time 6:09
Noticed your note Carl. Hope all is well. Have not done research in a few years. Edmond is still survived by 3 younger brothers, one of whom is 98 and a WWII vet (77th Inf. Div. – Guam).
03. January 2023 access_time 0:15
Still looking , with a renewed interest, for finding any new pictures or info on crew B-17 “ole Tobe” 42-0363
03. January 2023 access_time 0:17
Still looking , with a renewed interest, for finding any new pictures or info on crew B-17 “ole Tobe” 42-3063