44-8144 Hell's Belle
Object Number - UPL 44495 - B-17G-50-VE #44-8144 "Hell's Belle" Code: ET-O 95th BG - 336th BS
Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Langley 27/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 10/8/44; 336BS [ET-O], then 412BS [GW-O]; with W.V. Owen force landed Framlingham afb, Sfk 25/12/44; battle damaged Hamburg 30/3/45 with E.R. Parrish[wia]; force landed RAF Woodbridge (ELG), UK; 1 WIA, 8 RTD; 34m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; Sth Plains 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. HELL'S BELLE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712131
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39552583
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
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
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1944
- Date: 30 September 1944
- Date: 17 October 1944
- Date: 18 October 1944
- Date: 22 October 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Dallas, TX | 27 June 1944 | |
|
Assigned |
Horham Airfield, UK | 10 August 1944 | |
|
Other Force Landed |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 25 December 1944 | with WV Owen Crew |
|
Other Force Landed |
RAF Woodbridge | 30 March 1945 | With Elmer Parrish Crew |
Revisions
Added spaces in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
