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B-17 Flying Fortress
"A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Hag of Harderwyk' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 1 October 1943."
"Lt. Simons and crew of the 379th Bomb Group pose beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 31 August 1943." Crew: 2Lt Harry R Simons Pilot, 2Lt John H Robins Co-Pilot, 2Lt Ralph F Brinkley Jr. Nav, 2Lt William Bonin Bomb, S/Sgt Joseph W Perdue RO, S/Sgt Arthur A Bourdeau TTG, S/Sgt James H Foster RWG, Sgt William R Brinton LWG, S/Sgt Raymond W Veiders TG, Sgt Stephen M Nance BTG.
Delivered Long Beach 6/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-T] Kimbolton 20/5/43 AL JO-SON; transferred 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 4/4/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 26/7/44; Tinker 1/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 7/5/45. HAG OF HARDWYCK.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x combat missions. Flew Kassel raid 28-July, lost control cables on B-17 42-29974 by flak damage. Crash landed in B-17 42-5822 at Norfolk RAF base returning crew with 4 crew members wounded. Failed to Return (FTR...
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17F 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2872
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17F 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2872 .
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 16 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: AM, PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: AM, PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: Purple Heart
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17F 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2872
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid in B-17 42-29830 'Peter Wabbit' 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350...
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Enlisted in 1938 initially serving with military police. Transferred to US air Corp in 1942. Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Part of Ed Mueller's crew. Hospitalised by frostbite, hence not with his regular crew when they were lost in B-17 42-29724...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Long Beach, CA | 1943 |
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Built at Vega. |
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| Delivered | Long Beach, CA | 6 March 1943 |
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Delivered to Long Beach 6-Mar-43. |
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| Assigned | Kimbolton, UK | 20 May 1943 |
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Assigned 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | RAF Odiham, UK | 18 August 1943 |
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Forced landing RAF Odiham 18-Aug-43. |
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| Crashed | Shipdham, UK | 11 January 1944 |
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Forced landing Shipdham 11-Jan-44. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 March 2020 17:16:58 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Corrected the spelling of the nickname per photo attached to the A/C serial number. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 June 2019 18:31:57 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings and events |
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https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-5830-the-hag-of-harderwyk/42-5830/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:57 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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