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B-17G 42-97231

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 42-97231
Name: Not Known
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17G-45-BO, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron: 547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 547th‑SO*D
Start Date: 23 March 1944. New Replacement AC.
Missions: This aircraft was credited with 4 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 13 April 1944. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:Missing Air Crew Report # 3872 (36.923 MB)
Photo Album: No Photo Album For This Aircraft
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B-17G Aircraft 42-97231 Was Assigned To 8 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 4 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
8327 March 1944Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed94 Group.
Sortie Report
8428 March 1944Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France
Completed Mission Sortie Report
8529 March 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Sortie Report
--31 March 1944Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report
869 April 1944Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany
Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead, low group.
Sortie Report
8710 April 1944Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused 
8811 April 1944Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany
Completed Mission Sortie Report
8913 April 1944Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Failed To ReturnShot down by Me-109s near Coblenz at 1320 hrs; crashed near Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. MACR 3872
Sortie Report