| Serial Number: | 42-29557 |
| Name: | YANKEE GAL |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-60-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*S |
| Start Date: | 20 September 1943. Transferred: Received from the 305th BG.. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 3 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 29 October 1943. Salvaged: Damaged in crash landing at RAF Desford, 1943-10-10. |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-29557 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-29557 Delivered to Denver, Colorado on 4 January 1943, then to Salina (Smokey Hill AAF), Kansas on 12 January 1943. Moved to Homestead Army Airfield, Florida on 1 February 1943, then to Morrison Field, Florida on 9 February 1943 Assigned to the 366th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code KY*O, 305th Bombardment Group at Station 105, Chelveston, UK on 10 February 1943. Transferred to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SO*S, 384th bombardment Group, Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 20 September 1943. The aircraft received battle damage on a mission to Munster with Pilot-William E. Kopf, Copilot-Alfred W. Scott Jr., Navigator-Toscha M. Massey, Bombardier-Eugene Warren Connor, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Kenneth G. Swift, Radio Operator-Herbert Eugene Yeryar, Ball Turret Gunner-Clyde Smith, Tail Gunner-Wilton William Buddemeyer, Waist Gunner-Anthony P, Perroni, Waist Gunner-Leeroy Bernard. All ten crewmembers returned to duty (10 RTD). The aircraft crash landed and hit a hanger at RAF Desford, UK. The aircraft was salvaged on 29 October 1943. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | 26 September 1943 | Nantes, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 27⇗ | 2 October 1943 | Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 28⇗ | 4 October 1943 | Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 29⇗ | 8 October 1943 | Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 31⇗ | 10 October 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany | Completed Mission | Crash-landed at Desford; hit hangar; plane scrapped. Sortie Report ⇗ |