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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17G-25-DL: 42-37989 to 42-38083
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 91st Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 324th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DF-H
MACR: 4046 / KSU/ME/KU: 1570
Missions: 21
History of
B-17 42-38006 / Hoosier Hot Shot
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; ass 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 8/1/44; {21m} MIA Kassel 19/4/44 Pilot: Stan Swenumson, Co-Pilot: Leon Lindroth, Navigator: Jim Caravolas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Stevens, Radio Operator: Theodore Bacho, Ball Turret Gunner: Amos Anderson, Waist Gunner: Charles Gessnor, Waist Gunner: Edwin Arnett (8POW); Bombardier: Ernie Bunte, Tail Gunner: Mike Schumacher (2KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, set on fire and ship exploded on way down to crash near Waldkappel, 20 miles SE of Kassel, Germany. MACR 4046. HOOSIER HOT SHOT.
Last updated: 23. October 2022
B-17 42-38006 / Hoosier Hot Shot Details
Aircraft B-17G, 42-38006, was hit during attack by enemy aircraft, three engines were set on fire. The aircraft peeled off from the formation, turned over and headed straight down, then leveled out and exploded in mid- air. Two parachutes were seen coming from this aircraft. This happened just prior to bombs away.
S/Sgt. Charles A. Shriver, Jr.
Source: MACR 4046
B-17 42-38006 / Hoosier Hot Shot Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Stanley B. Swenumson | POW | - |
| CP | 2LT | Leonard J. Lindroth | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | James J. Carvolas | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ernest L. Bunte | KIA | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Roy L. Stevens | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Theodore J. Bacho | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Amos J. Anderson | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Charles A. Gessner | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Edwin L. Arnett | POW | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Michael J. Schumacher | KIA | - |
02. February 2020 access_time 3:03
Hoosier Hot Shot radio operator’s last name spelling is Bacho.
I’m his son, Theodore Bacho Jr. Thank you.
02. February 2020 access_time 10:32
Thank you!
I have corrected the name of your father.
31. May 2023 access_time 14:28
michael schumacher was my brother.
the Bacho family came to Iowa and visited my mother.
29. May 2023 access_time 18:20
According to the Red Cross Michael J Schumacher survived the plane crash but died in a POW camp from a skull fracture. I think there was some additional information sent by the Red Cross after the war that I will try and find.