Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 2nd Bomb Group, 303rd Bomb Group, 305th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 366th Bomb Squadron, 544th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | KY-M, SU-M |
| MACR | 1579 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (26 November 1943) |
History of
B-17 42-5051 / Barrel House Bessie
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Assigned 2BG New Castle, force landed base with Onas Matz 25/3/43; Dow Fd 11/6/43; transferred 303BG Molesworth 1/11/43; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Chelveston 2/11/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 26/7/43; Missing in Action 26/11/43 with Maj Bill Gilmore, Co-pilot: Don Morrison, Navigator: Floyd Ohlson, Bombardier: Earl Mason, Radio Operator: Nathan Streisfeld, Ball turret gunner: Don Engwer, Waist gunner: Joe Burger (7 Returned to Duty), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Maurice Henry, Waist gunner: Jim Bucher,Tail gunner: Albt Schamber (3 Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea, off UK. Missing Air Crew Report 1579. BARREL HOUSE BESSIE.
This page was last updated on 08 September 2017
11. August 2020 access_time 21:47
Hello, I am looking for my father in laws plane. He was Claude T Keenum jr. He said his plane was barrel house Bessie from basin street. Shot down in feb 44. Pilot was John Stahl. Claude was a POW for 14 months. Luft 4 and 6.Based at Chelveston. Any info appreciated.
11. August 2020 access_time 22:30
Hello Frank, this is your father‘s B-17:
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31430/
13. February 2021 access_time 2:00
Thank you very much