Serial Number: | 42-29914 |
Name: | Not Known |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-75-BO, Camouflage |
Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*H |
Ground Crew Chief: | Konzem, Hubert Philip |
Start Date: | 14 August 1943. Transferred: Received from the 96th BG.. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 3 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 3 September 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 743⇓ (17.599 MB) |
Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-29914 Photo Album⇗ |
History: | 42-29914 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming on 8 March 1943; Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas on 26 March 1943; Baer Field, Indiana on 10 April 1943; Smoky Hill AAF again on 13 April 1943; Dow Field, Maine on 18 April 1943; Andrews Field, Maryland on 13 May 1943. Ferried overseas and assigned to the 339th Bombardment Squadron, 96th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 24 May 1943 (named MISCHIEF MAKER), Station 138, Snetterton Heath on 12 June 1943. Transferred to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-H, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 14 August 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Andre-de-Leuve, France, 3 September 1943 with Pilot-Justin J. Jones, Co-pilot-Edward J. McManus, Navigator-Harold D. Peters, Bombardier-Charles J. Wolfrom, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Aloysius B. Shemanski, Radio Operator-John V. Reilly, Ball Turret Gunner-Ernest E. Kuhl, Waist Gunner-Linsfield B. Smith, Waist Gunner-Franklin C. Hitzeroth, Tail Gunner-Francis Leith (10 Prisoners of War). Shot down by enemy aircraft and ditched in the Channel 10 miles off Le Havre, France. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #743. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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-- | 24 August 1943 | Diversion (Non-Combat) | Returned To Base | Sortie Report ⇗ |
18⇗ | 27 August 1943 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 30 August 1943 | Achiet-le-Grand, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Justin R. Jones Sortie Report ⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 2 September 1943 | Vannes, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 | Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Failed To Return: Ditched | Shot down by enemy aircraft; ditched in Channel; MACR 743. Sortie Report ⇗ |