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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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