| Serial Number: | 42-3222 |
| Name: | DUECES WILD |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17F-35-DL, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 545th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 545th‑JD*P |
| Start Date: | 15 April 1943. Original AC: Start Date is approximate.. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 13 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 17 August 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 292⇓ (28.221 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-3222 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-3222 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming [for modification] on 1 April 1943. Moved to Dow Field (Bangor Army Air Field) Bangor, Maine on 23 May 1943. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code JD-P ,384th Bombardment Group, Grafton Underwood, Station 106, UK on 28 May 1943. Missing In Action (MIA) on a mission to Schweinfurt on 17 August 1943 with Pilot Frank G. Mattes, Bombardier Adam Konefal, 2 Killed In Action (KIA); Copilot Arthur J. Thompson Jr., Navigator Wayne L. Wentworth, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Walter A. Miller, Radio Operator Homer T. Flatter, Ball Turret Gunner James C. Rhodes, Waist Gunner John P. Thompson, Waist Gunner Tomas Hay, Tail Gunner Edward J. Garcia, 8 POW; The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Reichenbach, 10 miles South of Darmstadt, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 292. Aircraft Name: DUECES WILD. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1⇗ | 22 June 1943 | Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 3⇗ | 26 June 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 4⇗ | 28 June 1943 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 5⇗ | 29 June 1943 | Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 6⇗ | 4 July 1943 | Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 9 July 1943 | Abbeville, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Low Squadron lead. Mission recalled. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 7⇗ | 10 July 1943 | Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 8⇗ | 14 July 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 10⇗ | 25 July 1943 | Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group Deputy Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 26 July 1943 | Hamburg, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | LSqLd Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 11⇗ | 28 July 1943 | Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 14⇗ | 12 August 1943 | Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 15⇗ | 15 August 1943 | Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 16⇗ | 16 August 1943 | Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead, group deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 17⇗ | 17 August 1943 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Failed To Return | High Squadron lead. Shot down by enemy aircraft before target; crashed near Mannheim, Germany. MACR 292 Sortie Report ⇗ |