42-37719 Hellcat / Dinah Mite

Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944 UPL 72418 UPL 72418 Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944 On

Object Number - UPL 72418 - Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Walla Walla 15/8/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 8/10/43; Missing in Action (12m) Oschersleben 1/11/44 with Don Nason, Co-pilot: Joe Byser, Navigator: Tony Anagnos, Bombardier: Chas Fiery, Radio Operator: Luster Harrah*, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Lab*, Ball Turret gunner: Paul Stonich*, Right Waist gunner: Ray Beus*, Tail gunner: George Whitney* (9 Killed in Action), Left Waist gunner: John Lantz (POW-rescued by Unknown fishermen); flak damaged three engines, ditched Enkhuizerzand, on Ijsselmer, Zuider Zee, Hol; * bodies never found; (Lantz returned when aircraft recovered from Ijsselmeer in Feb 1975, after aircraft found in June 1966); Missing Air Crew Report 1881. HELLCAT.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809475
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Raymon C. Beus
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19171966
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751258
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746948
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Crew Photo B17G 43-37719 "Hellcat" 1943/1944
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35636245
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

11 January 1944

Revisions

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ContributorTroy Burnett
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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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