| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-DL: 42-37894 to 42-37988 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 390th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 568th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | BI-K |
| MACR | 4013 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (18 April 1944) |
| Missions: | 20 |
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History of
B-17 42-37902 / Hells Belles aka Sure Thing
Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Gr Island 27/10/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 8/11/43 as HELL’S BELLS; Missing in Action Oranieburg (20m) 18/4/44 with Jack Harrison, Co-pilot: Gene Pettinelli, Navigator: Bob Adler, Bombardier: Vic Guthrie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Vance, Radio Operator: Bill Matthews, Ball turret gunner: Adolph Chilek, Waist gunner: Bob Frith, Waist gunner: Sherman Pickard,Tail gunner: Melvin Hames (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit in bomb bay and #2 engine caught fire, crashed Barnewitz, ten miles NE of Brandenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4013. SURE THING.
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This page was last updated on 02 July 2018
29. October 2019 access_time 4:05
My Uncle ‘Johnny R. Enlow’ Top Turret / Engineer and the rest of the crew “CREW 18” were pulled from Hells Belles just days before she went down. Men of steel they were.