Production-block:
B-17G-30-DL: 42-38084 to 42-38213
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 549th Bomb Squadron
MACR: 5920
History of
B-17 42-38135 / Dear Mom
Delivered Denver 23/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; ass 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 9/2/44; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 Pilot: Marvin Lohmeyer; John Spencer, Marion Tuckett (3KIA); Bill Coulthard, Leon Pease, Bob Tiffany, Tom Greene, John Fagan, Bob Cummings, Hubert Phillips (7INT); Enemy aircraft, forced landing Dorrod, Sweden. MACR 5920.
Last updated: 30. January 2022
B-17 42-38135 / Dear Mom Details
Aircraft 42-38135 was last seen 15 miles inside German coast on the route back here near Rendsburgh Germany. It was under control but unable to teep up with formation continually dropping behind until out of sig. No chutes were seen leaving Aircraft.
Source: MACR 5920
B-17 42-38135 / Dear Mom Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 2LT | Marvin E. Lohmeyer | KIA | - |
| CP | 2LT | William H. Coulthard | INT | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Leon WW. Pease | INT | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert S. Tiffany, Jr. | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | Thomas C. Greene | INT | - |
| RO | T/SGT | John H. Spencer | KIA | - |
| BT | S/SGT | John B. Fagan, Jr. | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Marion E. Puckett | KIA | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Robert M. Cummings | INT | - |
| TG | T/SGT | Hubert E. Phillips | INT | - |
20. October 2021 access_time 22:48
my brother jack (john b fagan) was the ball turret gunner and was intered in sweden. He told a terrible story of being shot down in swedish air space.
16. April 2022 access_time 5:47
My Father was also ball turret gunner on Dear Mom, and on one of his flights they went into a spin but managed to pull out and land on a Spitfire base in Dover.
16. April 2022 access_time 5:55
His name was Frank Jaimes. I have pictures of plane, He flew on another plane but most mission were on Dear Mom.
07. March 2024 access_time 3:31
My father Matthew Totter flew in formation directly next to Lohmeyer’s plane “Dear Mom” on this day in B-17 #42-3490. See Macr 5919. Years ago I was able to get in contact with the tail gunners daughter from Lohmeyer’s crew and she was able to tell me the story of her dad Hubert E. Phillips time in Sweden. My father had trained with this crew back in the states and traveled together with them to England.