| Serial Number: | 42-5797 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17F-20-VE, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*E |
| Ground Crew Chief: | McIntire, Bruce Dodson |
| Start Date: | 7 August 1943. Transferred: Received from AFSC.. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 2 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 16 August 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 295⇓ (3.015 MB) |
| Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
| History: | 42-5797 Delivered to Long Beach Army Air Field, California on 3 February 1943. Moved to Rapid City Army Air Field, South Dakota on 17 February 1943. Moved to Brookley Field [Mobile], Alabama on 28 March 1943. Moved to Morrison Army Air Field, Florida on 10 April 1943. Assigned to the 335th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group at Alconbury, Station 102, UK on 24 April 1943. Transferred to Air Force Service Command (AFSC) in May 1943, then to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK*E, 384th Bombardment Group at Grafton Underwood, Station 106, UK on 7 August 1943. Missing In Action on a mission to Le Bourget, France on 16 August 1943. Pilot David MaGowan Jr., Copilot Leonard W. Bughman, Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner Sidney C. Grinstein, Radio Operator Ladislaw G. Koves, Ball Turret Gunner Matthew E. Coody, Flexible Gunner Edward B. Ohe ? 6 Prisoner of War (POW); Navigator John Dougherty, Bombardier John Heald, Flexible Gunner Robert M. Sheets ? 3 Evaded (EVD); Tail Gunner James B. Murray - Killed in Action. The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft after the crew had bailed out. The aircraft crashed near Ramboville, France. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 295. Unnamed |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15⇗ | 15 August 1943 | Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 16⇗ | 16 August 1943 | Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Failed To Return | Shot down by enemy aircraft after target; crew bailed out, then aircraft exploded and crashed near Villiers-en-Désœuvre, west of Paris, France. MACR 295 Sortie Report ⇗ |