42-30112 Lil butch
Research
Object Number - UPL 17166 - 42-30112 LIL BUTCH in flight
42-30112 Delivered Cheyenne 12/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Ass 410BS/94BG [GL-Z] Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Merignac 5/1/44 w/Allan Powell, cp-Tom Hudson, ro-Wesley Geist, btg-Goble Miracle, wg-Ernie Trummel, wg-Sherman Frew, tg-Alton Brown, ettg-Delmar Broyles (8 KIA); b-Hugh Shields, n- Bob Anderson (2 EVD); e/a, cr in woody swamp at St Laurent-et-Benon, 30 miles NW of Bordeaux, Fr. MACR 1891. LIL BUTCH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685361
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38338600
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39247336
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13069243
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37233289
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 11 November 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
33112 Saint Laurent-et-Benon, France | 5 January 1944 | According to the Escape and Evasion Report of the two survivors, Robert Anderson and Hugh C. Shields, the ship was set upon by fighters around 1100 hours about 5 kilometers west of St. Laurent Je Medoc. He stated that immediately after the first Fighter attack one engine had to be feathered and the tail controls were damaged. Tail Gunner Alton Brown reported to the Pilot, Allen C. Powell, that he was badly hurt and then the radio system went out. Anderson stated that Top Turret/Engineer Delmar C. Broyles told Anderson that he was going to the rear of the plane, via the bomb bay, to inform the others of the bail out instructions from the Pilot. As he was passing through the bomb bay the aircraft went into a crash dive. Anderson believes that Ball Turret gunner Goble Miracle was trapped in the Ball Turret. Anderson states that Co-Pilot Thomas H. Hudson Jr. was injured and assisting the pilot on an attempt to maintain control of the aircraft so the crew could bail out. Hudson told Anderson that he and Powell would set up the AFCE (Automatic Flight Control Equipment) and attempt to get back to England. Anderson states that he believes that Powell was injured in a cannon blast immediately prior to Andersons exit from the aircraft. He stated that the main portion of the cannon blast was in the area of the Pilots and Co-Pilots seats. The second survivor Hugh C. Shields stated that Broyles stuck his head into the nose compartment and told him and Anderson of the bail out order. Shields told Broyles to tell the pilot, Powell, that the bombs were still in the plane. As Shields and Anderson were bailing out of the Navigators escape hatch the plane went into a vertical dive with the right wing in flames and breaking off. The plane made violent aerobics and exploded upon striking the ground. |
Revisions
Combined two entries for B-17 42-30112 into a single entry. The AAM website initially included an entry produced using the following sources:
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1891 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
However, as user 'ram957' has put considerable effort into this second entry we've decided to bring the information from the first record into this second record.
The main difference between the two records is that the first record listed the fates of the crew members as 7 KIA, 3 EVD (with Broyles EVD). This record lists the fates as 8 KIA, 2 EVD (as Broyles was in fact KIA - see an excerpt from his IDPF here: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/15732)
