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B-17F 42-30139

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 42-30139
Name: SNUFFY
Named after the popular comic strip character "Snuffy Smith."
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-90-BO, Camouflage
Squadron: 545th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 545th‑JD*O
Start Date: 1 April 1943. Original AC.
Missions: This aircraft was credited with 7 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 17 August 1943. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:Missing Air Crew Report # 294 (1.307 MB)
Photo Album: Aircraft 42-30139 Photo Album
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B-17F Aircraft 42-30139 Was Assigned To 15 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 7 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
122 June 1943Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Completed MissionBomb rack did not work on toggle; bombs jettisoned in the Channel.
Sortie Report
--23 June 1943Bernay-Saint-Martin, France, RECALLEDGround Spare Aircraft, Unused 
225 June 1943Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
Sortie Report
326 June 1943Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Completed Mission Sortie Report
428 June 1943Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back with #2 supercharger malfunctioning.
Sortie Report
529 June 1943Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30142.
Sortie Report
--9 July 1943Abbeville, France, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
710 July 1943Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France
Completed Mission Sortie Report
814 July 1943Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back three to four minutes after crossing the French coast at 0748 hrs due to failure of #1 engine.
Sortie Report
924 July 1943Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway
Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29728.
Sortie Report
1025 July 1943Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Completed MissionGroup Lead.
Sortie Report
--26 July 1943Hamburg, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
1128 July 1943Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back with #2 engine trouble.
Sortie Report
1412 August 1943Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Aborted Mission After Taking Off.High Squadron lead, group deputy. turned back at 0828 hrs because #1 engine failed.
Sortie Report
1717 August 1943Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Failed To ReturnDamaged by flak; crashed near Stangenroth (Bad Kissingen area), Germany. MACR 294
Sortie Report