Production-block:
B-17G-70-DL: 44-6876 to 44-7000
Manufacturer:
Douglas
- Bomb Group:
- 34th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 18th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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History of
B-17 44-6929 / Evadin’ Maiden
Delivered Hunter 20/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 5/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. EVADIN’ MAIDEN.
Last updated: 24. March 2018
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07. January 2020 access_time 4:09
My Dads Plane Arcade G Joubert. Any info please send. Engineer top turret gunner.
Thank you
19. May 2020 access_time 22:37
Hey Larry! My grandpa was the pilot of the “Evadin’ Maiden”
19. May 2020 access_time 22:41
Did he by chance go by the name “Art” or “Arc”?
26. May 2020 access_time 14:22
Yes that was my Dad “Arc or Arcie” Short for Arcade. That’s so cool nice to hear from ya Adam. Those guys must have gone thru Hell!! My Dad never spoke a word to me about it. Where do you live? I’m in Rhode Island. Do you have any pics of the plane?
26. May 2020 access_time 14:26
Nice to hear from you Adam! Yes that was my Dad they called him Arc or Arcie, short for Arcade. Do you have any pics from your Grandfatger of the crew or plane?
31. May 2020 access_time 6:14
Can you email me at athaete0313@gmail.com
22. August 2020 access_time 16:42
My cousin is Donald Guertin, pictured kneeling in cre photo.
Any info appreciated.
30. March 2021 access_time 4:56
Hello all. My dad flew several missions on Evadin Maiden (flight engineer and top turret gunner). I’m looking for any photos of that B-17, especially the nose art. Thanks!
14. June 2021 access_time 23:15
My dad was the radio operator and right waist gunner. He told me the pilot passed his hat around for names, when he got it back there was three. Eighty eight bait, Thin skin, and Evadin maiden. My dad put all three in. He painted a wolf chasing Daisy Mae on the pilots jacket but never got around to painting it on the plane. The name was painted on without the nose art. My sister has several pictures of the plane and crew, I’ll try to get copies.
14. June 2021 access_time 23:16
Hello Dean, thank you for sharing! I would like to see pictures! 🙂
09. November 2022 access_time 16:08
Hello, I am the proud grandson of August Fritz Niemann, the belly turret gunner. According to his Certificate of Honor he flew 21 missions. An amazing accomplishment. I believe 25 was the magic number. If a crew reached that number, they got a reprieve.
22. November 2022 access_time 16:54
My great uncle (Sam Linden) was the navigator!
10. August 2024 access_time 5:57
Hello Dean.
My name is Bruce Sager. My Dad James C. Sager was the Navigator for the Hemingway Crew of the 18th Bomb Squadron — Crew # 82. It’s nice to speak with another son of an 18th Bomb Squadron father. The Hemingway Crew flew combat missions from Sep. 17, 1944 to Mar. 8, 1945. The Thaete Crew flew from Jan. 2, 1945 to Apr. 10, 1945. They flew on the same combat mission 7 times — Missions 110, 115, 121, 129, 130, 137, and 138. The Thaete Crew flew B-17 44-6929 twenty three times. It appears that on March 7, 1945, 44-6929 was “assigned” to the Thaete Crew. From that date on, they flew 44-6929 on 19 of their last 23 missions. The Hemingway Crew flew 44-6929 one time on March 1, 1945. I am trying to find pictures of all the individual B-17s that the Hemingway Crew flew — there were 14. Any picture is great, but a picture of the entire side profile of the bomber that shows its serial number on the vertical stabilizer is ideal. I found a picture of 44-6929, but it only goes from the nose to the leading edge of the wings. The Thaete Crew is in the photo and the name Evadin’ Maiden is visible. It’s a very nice photo, but I’d like to find a shot where the serial # is visible.
You mention that your sister has several photos of 44-6929. If it’s possible to get copies of those pictures (something that can be emailed), that would be wonderful.
The stories of how planes were named are real treasures. Thank you for sharing how the Thaete Crew arrived at Evadin’ Maiden. If it’s possible to take a picture of the back of your Dad’s Jacket and show me what the nose art would have looked, I would greatly enjoy and appreciate that.
Probably in November I will fly out to Utah to meet one of the sons of (Robert Downie) Hemingway, the pilot of the crew my Dad flew with. B-17 43-38304 was the B-17 that was “assigned” to them. Its name was “Lily the Lemon.” The plane had already been named by someone before it became The Hemingway Crew’s “regular ride.” No one knows the story of how “she” was named. There is supposed to be a large lemon painted on the fuselage, but so far no pictures confirm this. It is one of the mysteries I hope we can solve when David Hemingway, my brother and I meet in November.
I’ve enjoyed this “conversation.” Please contact me if you have any pictures of 44-6929, or the nose art that never was painted on her.
My contact information is:
Bruce Sager: eldest son of James C. Sager, Navigator on the Hemingway Crew of the 18th Bomb Squadron of the 34th Bomb Group (Heavy), stationed at Mendlesham, England.
I live in Durham, NC
My email is: brusager@gmail.com
Thank you.