Serial Number: | 42-29712 |
Name: | PHILLY-BROOKLYN |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-65-BO, Camouflage |
Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*O |
Ground Crew Chief: | McIntire, Bruce Dodson |
Start Date: | 14 September 1943. Transferred: Received from the 92nd BG.. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 3 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 9 October 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 873⇓ (5.317 MB) |
Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
History: | 42-29712 Delivered to the Cheyenne, Wyoming modification center on 7 February 1943. Moved to Rapid City, South Dakota on 22 February 1943; Kearney, Nebraska on 12 March 1943; then Morrison Field, Florida on 24 March 1943. Assigned to the 412th Bombardment squadron, squadron code QW-?, 95th Bombardment Group, station 102, Alconbury, UK on 5 April 1943 (named MISS CARRIAGE), flew 1 mission then transferred to the 325th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code NV-R, then to the 326th Bombardment Squadron 92nd Bombardment Group at Alconbury on 17 June 1943. Transferred to the 546th Bombardment Group, squadron code BK-O, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 14 September 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Anklam, Germany on 9 October 1943 with Pilot-Mark Brooks Calnon, Co-pilot-Vernon Dale Barnes, Navigator-Ted Harold Kusler, Bombardier-Lowell Clarence Hasler, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-John D. Rolleri, Waist Gunner-Robert Marshall Hendrickson, Waist Gunner-John Aloysius McGettigan Jr. (7 Prisoner of War). The Radio Operator-Robert B. Patterson, Ball Turret Gunner-Sam Lopez and Tail Gunner-Cesareo Garcia Lendoiro were Killed in Action. (3KIA). The ship was damaged by enemy aircraft and crashed by Schelswig, Northwest of Keil, Germany. Missing Air crew Report 873. Aircraft Name: PHILLY-BROOKLYN. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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26⇗ | 27 September 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 | Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 | Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
30⇗ | 9 October 1943 | Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany | Failed To Return | Disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed in Schleswig-Holstein; MACR 873. Sortie Report ⇗ |