42-31169 Hey Mabel!
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1774 - A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31169) nicknamed "Hey Mabel!" of the 447th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '367 (44)...
Delivered Cheyenne 28/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 18/11/43 ; returning from Berlin mission 9/3/44 with Chas Marcy, Co-pilot: Archie Town, Navigator: George Compton, Bombardier: Jim Conway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Shrimsher, Radio Operator: Abe Farah, Ball turret gunner: Jim Isherwood, Waist gunner: Ed Perkins, Waist gunner: Bill Nicholas,Tail gunner: Tony Paramski (10 Returned to Duty); engines malfunction, force landed on grass at Honongton depot, causing severe damage; HEY MABEL.
(WOLVERINE II was 42-37797)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672941
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39321814
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13131743
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738436
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Crash landed |
England | 4 March 1944 | Crashed at Base |
Revisions
I have a different story for this aircraft. 42-31169 " Hey Mabel " was assigned to the 447th BG at Harvard , NE
http://www.447bg.com/Harvard%20Planes.htm
It was crash landed at Honongton returning from mission to Berlin on March 9, 1944, per " loading lists " from official documents here
https://447bg.smugmug.com/LOADING-LISTS/1944/March-1944/30-MARCH-9-1944…
All 10 crew members returned to duty
I have a different story for this aircraft. 42-31169 " Hey Mabel " was assigned to the 447th BG at Harvard , NE
http://www.447bg.com/Harvard%20Planes.htm
It was crash landed at Honongton returning from mission to Berlin on March 9, 1944, per " loading lists " from official documents here
https://447bg.smugmug.com/LOADING-LISTS/1944/March-1944/30-MARCH-9-1944…
All 10 crew members returned to duty
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2998 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
