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Copyright 401st BGA
42-31072 IN-K Betty J.
Betty J
# 42-31072
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Serial No:
42-31072
Model:
B-17G-1-BO
Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA
Delivered:
09/15/1943
Assigned:
10/26/1943
Lost:
06/07/1945
Mission Lost:
N/A
How Lost:
Returned to the USA
Notes:
This aircraft saw temporary duty with the 351st BG (June 1944) and in Egypt (August 1944).
Force landed on the Continent, 3 March 1945.
This was the only original aircraft of the 401st BG to return to the USA after the war. The aircraft was named after Lt. Bryan Shotts' Wife "Betty Jean Shotts".
Recorded Missions
#
Date
Mission
Crew
1
11/26/1943
Bremen (#1)
Charles F. Hess Crew #1
2
12/11/1943
Emden (#4)
Stephen Wysocki Crew #1
3
12/22/1943
Osnabruck (#7)
Bryan M. Shotts Crew #1
4
01/11/1944
Oschersleben (#14)
Bryan M. Shotts Crew #1
5
01/21/1944
Notre Dame de Ferme (#16)
Bryan M. Shotts Crew #1
6
02/05/1944
Chatearoux (#21)
William G. Sheahan Crew #1
7
04/09/1944
Marienburg (#47)
James B. Locher Jr. Crew #1
8
04/22/1944
Hamm (#54)
Sandy Lew Crew #1
9
05/04/1944
Alkmar (#63)
Dana M. Lenkeit Crew #2
10
05/29/1944
Sorau (#78)
Scribner C. Dailey Crew #1
11
07/16/1944
Munich (#110)
Roy G. Etters Crew #1
12
07/18/1944
Peenemunde (#111)
Roy G. Etters Crew #1
13
07/25/1944
Saint-Lo (#116)
Roy G. Etters Crew #1
14
07/28/1944
Merseburg (#117)
Albert L. Hanson Crew #1
15
08/01/1944
Chartres (#120)
William A. Shackleford Crew #1
16
08/03/1944
Strasbourg (#121)
William R. Jennings Crew #1
17
09/17/1944
Groesbeck (#144)
Raymond H. Hillestad Crew #1
18
09/30/1944
Munster (#151)
James B. Locher Jr. Crew #1
19
11/04/1944
Hamburg (#165)
James B. Locher Jr. Crew #1
20
11/06/1944
Harburg (#167)
Walter E. Cox Crew #1
21
11/09/1944
Metz (#169)
Clayton R. Budd Crew #1
22
11/21/1944
Merseburg (#171)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
23
11/26/1944
Misburg (#173)
John W. McGoldrick Crew #1
24
11/29/1944
Misburg (#174)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
25
11/30/1944
Bohlen (#175)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
26
12/04/1944
Kassel (#176)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
27
12/05/1944
Berlin (#177)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
28
12/06/1944
Merseburg (#178)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
29
12/11/1944
Frankfurt (#179)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
30
12/12/1944
Merseburg (#180)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
31
12/15/1944
Kassel (#181)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
32
12/19/1944
Schleiden/Koblenz (#182)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
33
12/24/1944
Koblenz (#183)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
34
12/27/1944
Gerolstein (#184)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
35
12/28/1944
Rheinbach (#185)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
36
12/30/1944
Kaiserslautern (#187)
Adolph K. Wolf Crew #1
37
12/31/1944
Krefeld (#188)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
38
01/01/1945
Kassel (#189)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
39
01/03/1945
Hermulheim (#190)
Richard R. Scheller Crew #1
40
01/06/1945
Kempernich (#192)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
41
01/07/1945
Bitburg (#193)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
42
01/10/1945
Euskirchen (#194)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
43
01/13/1945
Maximilliansau (#195)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
44
01/17/1945
Paderbom (#197)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
45
01/21/1945
Aschaffenburg (#198)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
46
01/28/1945
Cologne (#200)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
47
01/29/1945
Bad Kreusnach (#201)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
48
02/01/1945
Ludwigshaven (#202)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
49
02/03/1945
Berlin (#203)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
50
02/06/1945
Giessen (#204)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
51
02/09/1945
Lutzkendorf (#205)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
52
02/10/1945
Dulmen (#206)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
53
02/14/1945
Dresden (#207)
Richard L. Steele Crew #1
54
02/15/1945
Dresden (#208)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
55
02/16/1945
Gelsenkirchen (#209)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
56
02/20/1945
Nurnburg (#210)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
57
02/22/1945
Ludwigslust (#212)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
58
02/23/1945
Ottingen (#213)
Kay A. Baker Crew #1
59
02/24/1945
Harburg (#214)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
60
02/25/1945
Munich (#215)
George K. Cracraft Jr. Crew #1
61
03/01/1945
Heilbron (#219)
Matt Maharick Crew #1
62
03/03/1945
Chemnitz (#221)
Edward E. Curran Crew #1
63
04/15/1945
Royan (#249)
George F. Snyder Crew #1
64
04/17/1945
Dresden (#251)
George F. Snyder Crew #1
65
04/18/1945
Traunstein (#252)
James H. May Crew #1