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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 398th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 601st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: 30-T
History of
B-17 42-97401 / Stinker Jr
Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 14/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-T] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; Missing in Action ? 17/10/44 with Hancock, Belgium ; Salvaged 8AFSC 29/11/44. STINKER JR.
Last updated: 13. August 2017
B-17 42-97401 / Stinker Jr Details
The aircraft crashed in the fields between the village of Neerwinden and Raatshoven (Racour) in Belgium.
Excerpt from a local newspaper:
‘The crew could leave the plane safely. Of course the crash attracted a lot of local people to the spot. The inhabitants of the adjacent villages gave the crew a warm welcome with food and local drinks. Suddenly the crowd got seized with panic and fear as two fighters approached in the air and started to circle over the spot. Lucky enough it were two American fighters. An American jeep came to pick up the crew and brought them to Brussels from where they went off to London the next morning.’
01. July 2019 access_time 18:29
crew photo does not show correct crew. It shows LT. Darners crew not crew that went down in Belgium. Original aircraft name was “Dottie D” not “Stinker jr”. My father in law flew 17 missions in this aircraft
02. July 2019 access_time 10:00
Which crew photo do you mean? Here is no crew photo on my web site.
17. July 2019 access_time 20:23
the last photo on the web site is a crew photo it is the Darner crew not the crew that crashed with the aircraft in October. the crew in the photo flew 17 missions in that aircraft. They rotated back to the states in August of 1944.The original name given to the aircraft was “Dottie D’
17. March 2024 access_time 20:24
Co-Pilot 2nd LT. John J. Baumeister. My grandfather. He did tell me a story of the plane going down. He flew 36, yes, 36 missions. Final was Dec 24 or 25 1944. (I forget and do not have his records in front of me.