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Source:
www.forcedlandingcollection.se
Production-block:
B-17G-10-VE: 42-39958 to 42-40057
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 452nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 731st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 7D-?
MACR: 3826
History of
B-17 42-39995 / Cow Town Boogie
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Gr lsland 13/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D- ] Deopham Green 9/12/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Bob Schimmel, Co-pilot: Fred Newton, Navigator: Chas McKeag, Bombardier: Ralph Libby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Gregory, Radio Operator: Leo Donoghue, Ball turret gunner: Joe Adamczk, Waist gunner: Albt Elliott, Waist gunner: Matt Schmitt,Tail gunner: Chas Skinner (10INT); mech fault #2 KOd, force landed Angelholm, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3826. Left Sweden for UK 15/6/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 16/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 22/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/12/45. Missing Air Crew Report 3826. COW TOWN BOOGIE.
Last updated: 8. May 2017
B-17 42-39995 / Cow Town Boogie Details
This plane was named by its pilot, William E. Stevenson, who was from Texas in honor of the many “cow towns” there. Stevenson was ill the day it was interned in Sweden with Robert C. Schimmel as its pilot.
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B-17 42-39995 / Cow Town Boogie Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | Robert C. Schimmel | INT | - |
| CP | 2LT | Fred B. Newton | INT | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Chas M. McKeag | INT | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Ralph .A. Libby | INT | - |
| ENG/TT | T/SGT | William E. Gregory | INT | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Leo .J. Donoghue | INT | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Joe T. Adamszyk | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Albt A. Elliott | INT | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Matt C. Schmitt | INT | - |
| TG | S/SGT | Chas T. Skinner | INT | - |
27. January 2024 access_time 5:38
My father Charles Mueller was a navigator and picked up Schimmel after his crew bailed out and Schimmel flew the plane alone back to England. Schwimmer said the war was o er for him, but soon they sent him up again in a different B-17, waved goodbye to my Dad, and flew the plane & crew to Sweden. My Dad never saw him again…my Dad spent a yr+ at Stalag Luft III and then onto Stalag VII, eventually being freed by Patton…..