| Serial Number: | 42-30032 |
| Name: | SKY QUEEN |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-85-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*D |
| Ground Crew Chief: | Jacobs, Gilbert Oren |
| Start Date: | 1 April 1943. Transferred. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 6 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 28 July 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 15165⇓ (15.832 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-30032 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-30032 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming on 2 April 1943; Sioux City, Iowa on 13 April 1943; Kearney, Nebraska on 4 May 1943; Bangor, Maine on 20 May 1943. Assigned to the 532nd Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group at station 167, Ridgewell, UK on 6 June 1943. Transferred to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-D, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 9 June 1943. Failed to return from a mission to Kassel, Germany on 28 July 1943 with pilot-William Dietel Jr, co-pilot-Jacques E. Riddel, navigator-Herbert W. Funk Jr, bombardier-Clyde W. Davis, ball turret gunner-Lawrence E. Dunmeyer, waist gunner-Edward Amory, tail gunner-Jack L. Mason, waist gunner-Wyman D. Martin, observer-Lt Kenneth C. Dutton (9 Killed In Action); engineer/Top turret gunner-Howard J. Adams and radio operator-Salvatore Perrotti (2 Prisoner of War); Enemy aircraft knocked out #3 engine and the ship crashed at Kortwoude, near Opeinde, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #15165. Aircraft Name SKY QUEEN. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1⇗ | 22 June 1943 | Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium | Completed Mission | Additional non-384th crewmember, Maj G E Hagenbuch, appears on the loading list as an instructor pilot (IP). Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 23 June 1943 | Bernay-Saint-Martin, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | LSqLd Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 2⇗ | 25 June 1943 | Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Bombed primary target on wing lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 6⇗ | 4 July 1943 | Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France | Completed Mission | High Squadron Lead, Group Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 9 July 1943 | Abbeville, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Flt Ldr
1943‑07-09 Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 7⇗ | 10 July 1943 | Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France | Completed Mission | Group Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 8⇗ | 14 July 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 10⇗ | 25 July 1943 | Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron Lead. Turned back at 1443 hrs because #1 prop ran away. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 11⇗ | 28 July 1943 | Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany | Failed To Return | Disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed near Kortwoude, The Netherlands. MACR 15165 Sortie Report ⇗ |