42-37902 Hell's Bells/Sure Stuff
Front Row L-R: Lew Stuart (B), Kenneth Bowie (CP), Warren Herried (P), and Frank Corcoran (N)
Back Row L-R: Houston Bagwell (FE), Ralph Dattolo (RO), Bill Giffard (TG)
Plane is one of the Stormy Weather's, there were 3 that were named that way in the group 447th Bomb Group collection
Removed associations not depicted in the image.
Object Number - UPL 43864 - Herried Crew (708) Front Row L-R: Lew Stuart (B), Kenneth Bowie (CP), Warren Herried (P), and Frank Corcoran (N) Back Row L-R: Houston Bagwell...
Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Gr Island 27/10/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 8/11/43 as HELL’S BELLS; Missing in Action Oranieburg (20m) 18/4/44 with Jack Harrison, Co-pilot: Gene Pettinelli, Navigator: Bob Adler, Bombardier: Vic Guthrie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Vance, Radio Operator: Bill Matthews, Ball turret gunner: Adolph Chilek, Waist gunner: Bob Frith, Waist gunner: Sherman Pickard, Tail gunner: Melvin Hames (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit in bomb bay and #2 engine caught fire, crashed Barnewitz, ten miles NE of Brandenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4013. SURE THING.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694638
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18187769
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37544827
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741509
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37418829
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Missions
- Date: 18 April 1944
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 12 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 10 April 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Assigned Failed to Return (FTR) |
Framlingham, England | 8 November 1943 - 18 April 1944 | Assigned to 568BS/390BG. |
|
Crashed |
Barnewitz, Germany | 18 April 1944 | Witnesses reported watching the bomb bay and #2 engine burst into flames from flak almost immediately after dropping their bombs. It appears that the aircraft drifted downward in a controlled manner, giving all the crew time to escape. The crew were later taken prisoner and served roughly 13 months. All of them survived the war and returned home. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
390th Bomb Group records
Clarifies some of the the discrepancies between the AAM synopsis and the associated image.
Correspondingly, restructures previous remarks to conform with update.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
