| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 571st Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | FC-E |
| MACR | 4584 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (08 May 1944) |
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History of
B-17 42-31913 / ETO-ITIS aka Shy Ann
Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-E] Framlingham 3/2/44 ETO-ITIS; Missing in Action Berlin [24m] 8/5/44 with Tom Hammond, Co-pilot: Bill Hately, Navigator: Lionel Israel, Bombardier: Orlando Merrill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Fields (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ernie Quayle, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Smith, Waist gunner: Chas Snideman, Waist gunner: Lou Luedte,Tail gunner: Phil Maitner (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #1 and #2, along with electrics, crashed Hademsdorf, 22 miles N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4584. SHY ANN.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 19 May 2017
14. May 2024 access_time 16:24
The right waist gunner on this plane was my Great-Uncle, Louis A. Luedtke of Wausau, WI.
Snideman, Luedtke, Smith, Quale, and Maitner perished in the crash. The remaining five successfully bailed out and were captured by German forces, according to German War Records. The five dead were buried in nearby Hademstorf, Germany on 11 May 1944. Years later, Louis was exhumed and returned to the US and is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.
11. October 2025 access_time 0:08
My name is Bill Hately and I live in the Denver area. My father, Bill Hately, was the substitute co-pilot on the Shy-Ann which went down on 8 May 1944. POW for a year. I have much info on the shoot-down from my dad and from German records. Email address bilhatod@aol.com.