42-30194 We Ain't Scared
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore Fd 25/4/43; Smoky Hill 12/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Field 1/6/43. Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 15/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 16/6/43 (8 missions). "WE AIN'T SCARED".
Missing in Action Bonn 12 August 1943 - enemy aircraft shot out #4; crashed Kattenbos, three miles S of Lommel, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 253.
Pilot Captain Clifford B. Hamilton, Co-pilot Major Clifford E. Cole, Navigator: 1st Lt Leroy F. Lawson, Bombardier 1st Lt Virgil W. Jones, Radio Operator/Gunner T/Sgt Lydle C. Ocheltree, Flight engineer/top turret gunner T/Sgt John L. Anderson, Ball turret gunner S/Sgt Claude E. De Verger, Left Waist gunner: S/Sgt Cleo H. Gardner, Right Waist gunner Colonel Daniel W. Jenkins, Tail gunner: Lt Colonel Churchill L. Scott, Observer 1st Lt John J. Lee.
Five men were Killed in Action: Captain Hamilton, T/Sgt Ocheltree, S/Sgt Deverger, S/Sgt Gardner and Lt. Colonel Scott.
Five men were made Prisoners of War: Lt Lawson, Lt Jones, T/Sgt Anderson, Colonel Jenkins and Lt Lee.
Co-Pilot Major Clifford Cole managed to evade capture thanks to Belgian and French patriots and Résistance members. Guided through Belgium and France, he reached Spain on 8 October 1943 and was back in England on 18 October 1943.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 4106A
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16041158
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 17 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Kattenbos, Lommel, Belgium | 12 August 1943 - 12 August 1943 | Missing in Action Bonn 12/8/43. Cause - enemy aircraft shot out #4 crashed Kattenbos, three miles S of Lommel, Belgium. (1 x EVD, 5 x POW, 5 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 253. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 253 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 253 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database