{"id":5398,"date":"2017-12-12T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/?post_type=b17database&#038;p=5398"},"modified":"2022-06-12T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T09:46:10","slug":"42-29656-the-terrible-ten-aka-skunkface","status":"publish","type":"b17database","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29656-the-terrible-ten-aka-skunkface\/","title":{"rendered":"42-29656 \/ The Terrible Ten aka Skunkface"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-with-42-29815-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-with-42-29815-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-with-42-29815-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-with-42-29815-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-with-42-29815.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><small>#42-29656 (in the background, LG-S) in flight with B-17 #42-29815 \/ Miami Clipper<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-crashed-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-crashed-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-crashed-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-crashed-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/42-29656-crashed.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remarks to the loss of B-17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aircraft B-17F, 42-29656, was hit by fire from enemy aircraft and was last seen going down under control at 5,000 feet with No. 3 engine smoking heavily. One (1) parachute was observed to come from this aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: MACR 2460<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Denver 2\/2\/43; Salina 9\/2\/43; Assigned 358BS\/303BG [VK-F] Molesworth 21\/3\/43 &#8220;THE TERRIBLE TEN&#8221;; transferred 322BS\/91BG [LG-S] Bassingbourn 5\/7\/43 &#8220;SKUNKFACE&#8221;. Missing in Action on its 19th mission, to Aschersleben, Germany on 20 February 1944. Pilot Ernest B. Kidd; Co-pilot: Benjamin G. Beauclair; Bombardier: Charles M. Betzel (initially evaded then captured); Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Ober L. Torvik; Radio Operator: Theodore J. Mazor; Left Waist gunner: Billie L. Ramsey; Right Waist gunner: Ernest B. Serna; Tail gunner: Francis A. Hentges (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Billy H. Huish (initially evaded, but caught 22 April 1944 by Gestapo and shot, along with some aircrew from other units; Ball turret gunner: Rex Wertman (2 Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft shot out two engines. Crashed near Lens railway station, seven miles NW of Mons, Belgium. 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