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E.R. Bingham
1/21/2004 12:35:35 PM | Does anyone have any recollection of this bird,or this crew:
43-37706 Satan's Chillen
The Crew of:
Unit: 2nd Lt F.I. Eglin
613th Bomb Squadron
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Crew Members
Pilot 2nd Lt F.I. Eglin
Copilot 2nd Lt D.L. Voltz
Navigator 2nd Lt F.A. Schmidt
Togglier Sgt G.O. Knight
Radio Operator S/Sgt G.A. Pavluska
Engr / Top Turret S/Sgt G.E. Swift
Ball Turret Gunner Sgt H.F. Ludwig
Tail Gunner Sgt R.J. Espy
Waist Gunner Sgt R.Y. Collins
Thank-you.
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Donald Byers
1/22/2004 1:45:18 PM | I can check the 401st 2000 Directory when I get home from work and see if any one is listed.
Don Byers
Lubbock Texas
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Donald Byers
1/22/2004 6:53:16 PM | No listing of any crew member in 2000 Directory. Nor is a picture of this aircraft listed.
Don
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Scott McElvain
1/23/2004 3:32:53 PM | If you have info on it's serial number, we'd love to know what it is. A beer company had a can with a jacket picturing it's nose art.
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E.R.Bingham
1/23/2004 5:07:26 PM | hi,
43-37706 is the serial #,I would LOVE to see that nose art...gimme,gimme,gimme!That was one of the planes my Dad flew(then 2nd Lt.Fred Eglin II)He also got to fly(only once)Heavy Date on a bombing run over Swinemunde in March 1945 taking out Port and shipyard facilities.The year before,Heavy date crash landed and was repaired.Love to know beer company,what ad.Dad flew Satans Chillun more than any other i think.Thanx for the info.
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Donald Byers
1/23/2004 5:21:54 PM | Scott,
It's already Identified on the Aircraft page.
Don
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Donald Byers
1/23/2004 5:26:19 PM |
It is sold a Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio. They ran an PooP from the Group issue with the info that Scott had sent in. I will try and look up what issue and get the info.
Don
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Valerie Conley McAlister
1/23/2004 8:01:19 PM | I work at Wright-Patterson and if someone can find out about the beer can, I would be glad to try and find one to send to you.
Valerie Conley McAlister
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Donald Byers
1/23/2004 9:50:53 PM | HOPE HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER BLDG 823, AREA A - WPAFB, OH 45433-5000 PHONE: (937) 879-2696
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Scott McElvain
2/7/2004 7:59:26 PM | Thanks so much for the serial number. I don't have my reference stuff handy, but I did find the metal beer cans I have. There are cans for Satan's Chillen, Grin and Bare It, and one other. They are from the Engel Brauerei Swabisch Gmund and imported by the Global specialty Imports, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. I found them in a liquor store in Denver before the Dayton Reunion and George Menzel was able to get some for the reunion through a lady in Dayton. You might check with George. The paintings on the cans are of Flight jackets and are probably from photos in the National Archives. You can check the NARA website and ask what they have on Satan's Chillen. P.S. Heavy Date was never repaired and was still on the field where it crashed after the war.
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E.R.Bingham
2/10/2004 12:52:11 PM | I stand corrected,Scott.Heavy Date was flown by my Dad march 12,over Swinemunde a month Before she was lost.I misread the date.Thanx for the correction,and info.
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Joe Hoffman
4/24/2006 9:03:01 PM | I met the pilot of 43-37706 B17G Production Block # B-17G-65-BO manufactured 13 May at Cheyenne assigned to 401stBG 12 Jun 1944 Squardron Code:IN-U {613th} in May 2005 at an air show in Santa Rosa California. His Grandaughter brought him to see the Sentimental Journey A B-17G operated by the Arizona Wing and they gave him the grand tour. He was wearing his original A-2 flight jacket complete with wings and Nose Art a little faded but its still there.I have photos of him an his jacket front & rear His name is W.C."Bill"Mannix.I can e-mail the photos if you like?
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