“Maybe”
Aircraft Serial #: 42-30311
350th B-17F #42-30311 "MAYBE"
350th B-17F #42-30311 Flown by the crew of Thomas D. Hummel on the August 17, 1943 Regensburg mission. They were shot down by enemy aircraft near Scornsheim. There were two KIAs, Richard E. Bowler and Kenneth T. O'Connor - the remaining eight POWs. This is one of the 100th's most famous photographs in that is shows a Luftwaffe S-2 Officer determining the identification of the aircraft... jb (100th Photo Archives)
Names: “Maybe”
Squadron: 350th | Squadron Marking: LN | Tail Marking: T
Pilot: 2LT THOMAS HUMMEL
MACR: 00681
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Crew Information
2 KIA, 8 POW
History
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 12, 1943 | Accepted into inventory |
| May 14, 1943 | Dallas also 15-May-43 Gore |
| May 15, 1943 | Love |
| May 19, 1943 | Rapid City |
| June 22, 1943 | Geider |
| June 30, 1943 | Grand Island |
| July 7, 1943 | Dallas |
| July 23, 1943 | Kearney |
| July 26, 1943 | Dow |
| Unknown | Assigned to UK (Date in 1943 unknown) |
| August 17, 1943 | FTR - Fighters Exploded - Schornsheim, Germany |
| August 17, 1943 | FTR - Fighters Exploded - Schornsheim, Germany |
Comments
My brothers and I grew up hearing that the name of his aircraft was the "Maybe". My father was Archie S. DEPEW, navigator on Thomas Hummel's B-17, #2030311. Story goes that the crew each put a name in a hat and my father's submission was picked. He chose the name thinking that "maybe they'd come back, and maybe they wouldn't ."
