Serial Number: | 42-38158 |
Name: | JEAN |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17G-30-DL, Camouflage |
Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*L |
Start Date: | 1 March 1944. New Replacement AC. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 14 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 24 April 1944. Failed to return from combat operations. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 4352⇓ (41.543 MB) |
Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-38158 Photo Album⇗ |
History: | 42-38158 Del Denver 1/1/44; Gr Island 13/1/44; ass 547BS/384BG [SO-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; MIA Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 w/Bill McKichan, cp-Bill Hautz, n-Neil Walling, b-John Lynch, ettg-Elroy Altendorf, btg-John Cox, wg-Kermit Olstad, tg-John Pastorella (8KIA); ro-Ken Gray, wg-Claud Gustafson (2POW); flak, cr nr Leustetten, 11 miles SW of Munich, Ger. MACR 4352. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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72⇗ | 6 March 1944 | Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing. Sortie Report ⇗ |
73⇗ | 8 March 1944 | Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
74⇗ | 9 March 1944 | Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
75⇗ | 16 March 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑38013. Sortie Report ⇗ |
76⇗ | 18 March 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing. Sortie Report ⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Sortie Report ⇗ |
82⇗ | 26 March 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
83⇗ | 27 March 1944 | Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Tours & Chartres, France | Completed Mission | 94 Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
84⇗ | 28 March 1944 | Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dijon, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
85⇗ | 29 March 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
-- | 31 March 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 | Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 0955; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Sortie Report ⇗ |
87⇗ | 10 April 1944 | Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
88⇗ | 11 April 1944 | Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Sorau, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
90⇗ | 18 April 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
91⇗ | 19 April 1944 | Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
92⇗ | 20 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France | Completed Mission | A Wing, High Group Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 21 April 1944 | Leuna, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | HSqLd Sortie Report ⇗ |
93⇗ | 22 April 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
94⇗ | 24 April 1944 | Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Failed To Return | High Squadron lead, lead group. Hit by direct flak burst on bomb run; a/c blew up in mid-air after bomb release. MACR 4352 Sortie Report ⇗ |