Serial Number: | 42-29867 |
Name: | Not Known |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-75-BO, Camouflage |
Squadron: | 544th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 544th‑SU*C |
Start Date: | 4 October 1943. Transferred: Received from the 381st BG.. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 2 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 14 October 1943. Failed to return from combat operations: Restored and used by the Luftwaffe. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 838⇓ (15.228 MB) |
Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
History: | 42-29867 Del Denver 28/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Ass 364BS/305BG [WF-A] Chelveston 12/7/43; tran 535BS/381BG [MS-T] Ridgewell 22/8/43 LUCIFER II; {4+m} 544BS/384BG [SU-C] Grafton Underwood 4/10/43; MIA Schweinfurt 14/10/43 w/Walter Williams, cp-Bedford Candler, n-Carl Abele, b-Tom Breen, ettg-Clyde Bush, ro-Tom Hanrahan, btg-Bill Genette, wg-Jim Deese, wg-Mike Henneberry (9POW), tg-Albt Wickline (EVD); e/a, bellied in nr Metz, Fr. , repaired and used by KG200. MACR 838. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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30⇗ | 9 October 1943 | Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 13 October 1943 | Emden, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 | Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Failed To Return | Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Metz, France; MACR 838. Sortie Report ⇗ |