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B-17F 42-29935

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 42-29935
Name: THE CAT'S SASS / PULMADIQUE
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-80-BO, Camouflage
Squadron: 545th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 545th‑BK*K
Ground Crew Chief: Hunter, Jack Walter
Start Date: 14 August 1943. Transferred: Received from the 96th BG..
Missions: This aircraft was credited with 10 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 20 December 1943. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:Missing Air Crew Report # 1725 (3.658 MB)
Photo Album: Aircraft 42-29935 Photo Album
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B-17F Aircraft 42-29935 Was Assigned To 19 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 10 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
203 September 1943Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Sortie Report
216 September 1943Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
227 September 1943Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium
Completed Mission Sortie Report
239 September 1943Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France
Completed Mission Sortie Report
2416 September 1943Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
--21 September 1943Riems, France, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
2523 September 1943Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France
Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42-30033.
Sortie Report
--26 September 1943Nantes, France, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
2627 September 1943Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Completed MissionLanded with a flat tire caused by flak; ran off side of runway and saved aircraft and crew.
Sortie Report
272 October 1943Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
298 October 1943Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
--30 October 1943Gelsenkirchen, Germany, RECALLEDGround Spare Aircraft, Unused 
343 November 1943Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
355 November 1943Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
--30 November 1943Solingen, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
391 December 1943Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany
Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffDid not take off
Sortie Report
4213 December 1943Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Completed MissionLead group. One bomb hung; jettisoned in North Sea.
Sortie Report
4316 December 1943Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Group deputy; turned back over Molesworth at 0950 hrs because #1 engine ran very rough and had to be feathered.
Sortie Report
4420 December 1943Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany
Failed To Return: DitchedThis crew's first mission; left formation shortly after attacking target; ran out of fuel and ditched in the North Sea off the Dutch Coast (Frisian Islands); they were rescued and brought to the German Frisian Island of Juist, where the radio operator who had been KIA was buried; MACR 1725.
Sortie Report