| Serial Number: | 42-39809 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17G-1-VE, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*M |
| Start Date: | 4 January 1944. New Replacement AC. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 9 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 22 February 1944. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 2467⇓ (10.428 MB) |
| Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
| History: | 42-39809 Del Long Beach 7/9/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 w/Ray MacDonald, n-Bill Kontur, b-George Bean, ettg-Lee Pierce, ro-Tony Franzo, btg-Rich Egger, w-Dan Gabriel, wg-Rufus Odom, tg-Bob Egger (9POW); cp-Paul Smith (KIA-chute damaged by fire on exit from plane); e/a, cr Venray, on road to Oostrum, Hol; MACR 2467. KAYO. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53⇗ | 14 January 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 55⇗ | 29 January 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Returned Early | Low group. Turned back at 1019 hrs due to pilot's illness. Bombs jettisoned in Channel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 56⇗ | 30 January 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 57⇗ | 3 February 1944 | Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 58⇗ | 4 February 1944 | Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets) as well as incendiaries. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 59⇗ | 5 February 1944 | Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 60⇗ | 6 February 1944 | Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 61⇗ | 8 February 1944 | Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑39991. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 63⇗ | 20 February 1944 | Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 64⇗ | 21 February 1944 | Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 65⇗ | 22 February 1944 | Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany | Failed To Return | 41B Group. Shot down in vigorous attacks by 10-15 Me-109s or a heavy flak barrage between 1230 and 1300 hrs near Münster, Germany; crashed near Oostrum (just east of Venray), The Netherlands. MACR 2467 Sortie Report ⇗ |