Serial Number: | 41-24578 |
Name: | OLD RELIABLE |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-25-BO, Camouflage |
Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*U |
Start Date: | 7 October 1943. Transferred: Received from the 305th BG.. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 16 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 15 March 1944. Transferred: Sent to 1 BAD, Burtonwood. |
Photo Album: | Aircraft 41-24578 Photo Album⇗ |
History: | 41-24578 Assigned to the 367th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code XK-R/F, 305th Bombardment Group at Presque Isle, Maine on 19 October 1942. Flown to Grafton Underwood, Station 106, UK on 25 October 1942. Transferred to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SO-U, 384th Bombardment Group at Grafton Underwood, Station 106, UK, on 7 October 1943. Transferred to the 1st Base Air Depot (BAD) at Burtonwood, UK on 15 March 1944. Returned to the US at Amarillo, Texas on 21 May 1944 (possibly 10 April 1944). Written off on 28 November 1944. Name: PROBLEM CHILD/OLD RELIABLE |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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33⇗ | 20 October 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
--⇗ | 30 October 1943 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | This aircraft may have been initially assigned to the Yelvington Crew, and may have been replaced by ground spare aircraft 42-31073. Sortie Report ⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
35⇗ | 5 November 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 11 November 1943 | Wesel, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 30 November 1943 | Solingen, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Flying Spare; Failed to contact wing Sortie Report ⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 | Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | Flying Spare; joined formation. Landed away at Manston. Sortie Report ⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany | Returned Early | Lead group, high Squadron deputy. Turned back ten minutes from target with bad supercharger on #2 engine. Sortie Report ⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany | Returned Early | Turned back over the North Sea (43°46'N,6°55'E) at 1247 hrs; #4 engine leaking oil badly, #3 supercharger inoperative at 20,000 ft, #2 prop ran away (split oil line) and had to be feathered. Attacked target of opportunity. Sortie Report ⇗ |
46⇗ | 24 December 1943 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 | Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back near Molesworth; #3 supercharger defective Sortie Report ⇗ |
48⇗ | 31 December 1943 | Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Sortie Report ⇗ |
49⇗ | 4 January 1944 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back because of an oxygen system failure. Sortie Report ⇗ |
50⇗ | 5 January 1944 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
51⇗ | 7 January 1944 | Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France | Completed Mission | 41B Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 24 January 1944 | Frankfurt am Main, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | B Grp Sortie Report ⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | Low group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Lead group flying spare; turned back at Burnham due to #3 engine oil pressure dropping to 30 lbs and becoming erratic; cylinder head tempurature on #1 engine ran high with cowl flaps open. Sortie Report ⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 | Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group. 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 | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 | Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany | Completed Mission | 41B Group. Landed away at Kimbolton, AAF Station 117, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Lead Squadron, low group. Turned back because #2 supercharger ran away and engine began losing oil and smoking; could not be feathered. Sortie Report ⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group, High Squadron, Low Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |