Production-block:
B-17F-35-DL: 42-3189 to 42-3228
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 381st Bomb Group
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 331st Bomb Squadron
- 333rd Bomb Squadron
- 534th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: TS-N
MACR: 93
History of
B-17 42-3219 / Dear Mom
Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG Dow Fd 4/43 with Chas Ohl, Dan Hagarty, Harry Stralser, George Heinz, Joe Tanney, Mike Sikorski, Don Schneider, Gil Whitford, Dean Sword, Tom Scott; transferred 333BS/94BG [TS-N] Rougham 7/6/43; then 331BS; Missing in Action convoy 17/7/43 with Bob Powledge, Co-pilot: Bill Alexander, Navigator: Lew Johnson, Bombardier: Albt Finklestein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Hiller, Radio Operator: Joe Griffin, Ball turret gunner: Leo Schmidt, Waist gunner: Everett Quimby, Waist gunner: Gene Jones,Tail gunner: Warren Hoffrman (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, two engines smoking and crashed Heligoland; Missing Air Crew Report 93. DEAR MOM.
Last updated: 24. January 2018
B-17 42-3219 / Dear Mom Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert B. Powledge | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | William L. Alexander | KIA | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Lewis F. Johnson | KIA | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Albert Finkelstein | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Arthur C. Hiller | KIA | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Joseph F. Griffin | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Leo Schmitt | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Everett A. Quimby | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Eugene H. Jones | KIA | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Warren F. Hoffman | KIA | - |
04. December 2020 access_time 4:09
I have a picture of my second cousin , Leo Schmitt. He was Killed on the “dear mom” b-17.
11. February 2023 access_time 21:00
Dear Bonnie,
I have been working for 40 years with Dear Mom 42-30389 who was shot in my village Lummen, Belgium.
I would like to know more about Dear Mom from your window. Do you happen to have a photo of the device, crew?
Do you perhaps also own the MACR 93?
You can find more about the plane that crashed here on my website. To do this, select 94 BG 331BS B17.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Rudy Kenis
14. August 2025 access_time 21:09
Hello Bonnie, My uncle, T/Sgt Arthur Clarence Hiller Engineer/Top Turret (who went by “Clarence”–never “Art”), born 1917 in Victoria TX, was in 42-3219 “Dear Mom” piloted by Robert B Powledge which went MIA about 10AM on 17 July 1943 near Helgoland Is in the North Sea after an aborted raid on the submarine pens at Hamburg. The German pilot who shot them down was one, Erwin Clausen, who was already a famous “Air Ace” from the Russian front at the very beginning on the war in Europe in 1939. After transferring from the Eastern front back to Germany he was MIA/KIA a couple of months later again, over the North Sea, attacking more B-17s. Please Note that MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) 93 was indeed the correct # for Dear Mom 42-3219 (and NOT for Dear Mom 42-30389 mentioned by Rudy Kenis above. B-17 Aircraft nicknames were NEVER UNIQUE to just one plane and were often used on others as well. I was born in 1946 and obviously never knew my uncle but miss him anyway. Please RSVP
27. April 2024 access_time 15:34
B-17 42-3219,THIS IS THE DEAR MOM CREW MY 3RD COUSIN WAS ON