B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A] Framlingham 17/1/44; Missing in Action [14m] Berlin 8/3/44 with Paul Quillin, Co-pilot: Harmon Jordan, Navigator: Jake Simonitsch, Bombardier: Ray Jabara, Radio Operator: Larry Volk, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Best, Waist gunner: Bill Malyuch, Waist gunner: Bill Schmidt,Tail gunner: Myrle Clausen (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Le Baron (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Kobbelitz?, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2988. HELLS BELLS.
Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Andrew Archiopoli was Bombardier on the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions on B-17 #42-31717 “HELLS BELLS”.
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Darwin Arnold was Co-Pilot on the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions on B-17 #42-31717 “HELLS BELLS”.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Walter Beckman was Navigator on the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions on B-17 #42-31717 “HELLS BELLS”.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
The crew baled out of B-17G #42-31717 'Hells Bells' after being attacked by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Frank Bobrowicz was Radio Operator on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action ...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
The crew baled out of B-17G #42-31717 'Hells Bells' after being attacked by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Engineer/Top Turret gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Johnny R. Enlow was Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner on the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions with the Hawes crew on B-17 #42-31717 “HELLS BELLS”. In total, he flew 41 missions in two tours. He was shot...
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Right Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Robert Gibbs was Right Waist gunner on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action ...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Wilmer Goldinger was Co-Pilot on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Flight Engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Alec Gwazdosky was Top Turret gunner on board B-17 #42-39819, hit by Flak on return from the 13 April 1944 mission to Augsburg, Germany. Ditched in the Channel/North Sea, about 18km West of the entrance to the port of Ostend, Belgium. Killed In Action ...
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 8 March 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2020 14:30:30 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations |
| Sources | ||
Connected with Johnny Enlow |
||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
||
