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B-17F 42-29987

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 42-29987
Name: Not Known
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-80-BO, Camouflage
Squadron: 547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 547th‑SO*Q
Start Date: 19 September 1943. Transferred: Received from the 305th BG..
Missions: This aircraft was credited with 9 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 26 November 1943. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:Missing Air Crew Report # 1662 (34.187 MB)
Photo Album: No Photo Album For This Aircraft
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B-17F Aircraft 42-29987 Was Assigned To 14 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 9 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
--26 September 1943Nantes, France, RECALLEDMission RecalledMerle Haynes, crew chief
Sortie Report
2627 September 1943Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
272 October 1943Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany
Completed MissionDropped 52,000 Code #5s 'nickles' over target.
Sortie Report
298 October 1943Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back, the right waist gunner "could not stand altitude."
Sortie Report
309 October 1943Target: Aircraft Factories
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Anklam, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
3110 October 1943Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany
Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 41-24525. Landed away at Deenethorpe due to weather.
Sortie Report
3320 October 1943Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Düren, Germany
Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
--30 October 1943Gelsenkirchen, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
343 November 1943Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany
Completed MissionSquadron of composite group.
Sortie Report
355 November 1943Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
--11 November 1943Wesel, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
--13 November 1943Bremen, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
3616 November 1943Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine
Type: Industry
Location: Knaben, Norway
Completed Mission Sortie Report
3726 November 1943Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany
Failed To ReturnDamaged by enemy aircraft, force-landed with injured crewman near Donkerbroek, the Netherlands; MACR 1662.
Sortie Report