8AAF B-17 "Hultcher's (or Hulcher's)Vultures"

[shooshoobaby]

Was he on the Hulcher Crew?
There is a Hulcher Crew Photo taken after
25th Mission in the Book - Page 96
Mike

[8AAFCW]

I think he was on the first Hulcher crew that did its first 25. He told me his pilot's name was Hulcher. But he also flew on a few other ships. He had 25 or 26 total and was rotated home. One mission on another ship he was on was credited for a mission when they flew to the target, but was obscured by cloud and weather so they did a 180 and came home.

[Ron Klaudt]

My uncle was the radio gunner on this aircraft when it was shot down by flak over Germany on May 28, 1944. I have information on the mission, crew and their ordeal if anyone wants further information. All the crew members were captured and survived the war. Only one member is still alive as of this date.

[Peglar]

Hello from Germany, there is an older german book included the complete Story of this and a Crew Foto. Pilot M.G. Fjelsted - Crew of ten was captured - first 4 Men than 6 Men. Navigator Joseph Houlihan and his Wife Betty from Kentucky was at the 24 August 1989 at the Crashplace - 500 m from Wiera near Treysa. Over Kassel, Frankfurt, Wetzlar, Nürnberg and München - liberated at 8 May 1945.

Greetings peglar

[Ivo de Jong]

The full story of that mission, and the loss of "Hulchers Vultures" is my book "Mission 376, battle over the Reich, 28 May 1944". It is still available, among others, through amazon.com
In it are photos of the belly landed aircraft, the crew, the nose art and, surprisingly enough, the German soldier who captured most of the crew.
Somewhere in my files I have a crewphoto of the original crew of Lt Hulcher as well.
Kind regards,
Ivo de Jong