Serial Number: | 42-97573 |
Name: | Not Known |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17G-20-VE, Natural Metal Finish |
Squadron: | 545th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 545th‑JD*Q |
Start Date: | 15 April 1944. New Replacement AC. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 16 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 29 May 1944. Failed to return from combat operations. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 5318⇓ (14.009 MB) |
Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-97573 Photo Album⇗ |
History: | 42-97573 Del Cheyenne 24/12/43; Dalhart 24/1/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Omaha 2/3/44; Patterson 12/3/44; Grenier 14/3/44; Ass 545BS/384BG [JD-Q] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; MIA Krzesinski 29/5/44 w/Mark Moore, cp-Cliff Sullivan, n-Art Michel, b-Ralph Dilley, ettg-Bob Kunce, ro-Jim Flaherty, btg-Jim Rood, wg-Ken Wyatt, tg-John Kennedy (9POW); flak, cr Korngut, three miles SW of Graetz, Ger; MACR 5318. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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94⇗ | 24 April 1944 | Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
96⇗ | 27 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
97⇗ | 27 April 1944 | Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France | Completed Mission | Wing deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
98⇗ | 29 April 1944 | Target: Industrial District Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
99⇗ | 1 May 1944 | Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
100⇗ | 4 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
103⇗ | 8 May 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
104⇗ | 9 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Thionville, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 10 May 1944 | Ehrang, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | High Grp B Sortie Report ⇗ |
105⇗ | 11 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany | Completed Mission | 41A Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
107⇗ | 13 May 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory. Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Poznań, Poland | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
108⇗ | 15 May 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Sortie Report ⇗ |
109⇗ | 19 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
114⇗ | 24 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Lead Group. Turned back due to failure of the oxygen system. Sortie Report ⇗ |
115⇗ | 25 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France | Completed Mission | 41A Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
116⇗ | 27 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
118⇗ | 28 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
119⇗ | 29 May 1944 | Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland | Failed To Return | Apparently struck by flak, 'fell out of formation and dropped down in a right turn and swung around to 6 o'clock low. Five to nine chutes have been reported as emerging.' There may have been fires aboard. Aircraft apparently exploded in mid-air. MACR 5318 Sortie Report ⇗ |