42-39847 Battlin Betty

media-52611.jpeg UPL 52611 AC # 42-39847 'Battlin' Betty' 614th BS, 401st BG

Object Number - UPL 52611 - AC # 42-39847 'Battlin' Betty' 614th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 24/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-G] Deenethorpe 2/11/43; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Francis Shaw, Co-pilot: Bill Cole, Navigator: Elmer Engelhardt, Bombardier: Alf Audrey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Macomber, Radio Operator: Ken Terroux, Ball turret gunner: John Hurd, Waist gunner: Harry Highlen, Waist gunner: Bob Gordon, Tail gunner: Carl Seagren (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3, crashed in swampy area at Blumenthal, 16 miles NE of Magdeburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4016. BATTLIN’ BETTY.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755647
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690389
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31298207
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Missions

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 April 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity. Added a unit connection to the 8th AF.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4016 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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