Serial Number: | 42-107221 |
Name: | Not Known |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17G-35-DL, Natural Metal Finish |
Squadron: | 544th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 544th‑SU*J |
Start Date: | 2 May 1944. New Replacement AC. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 13 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 21 June 1944. FLNT: Force-landed in Bultofta Airfield, Sweden, due to battle damage. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 5995⇓ (12.546 MB) |
Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
History: | 42-107221 Del Tulsa 28/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 17/4/44; Ass 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 2/5/44; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 w/Francis Finch, cp-Ollie Prior, n-Jack Dashev, b-Avon Robertson, ettg-Walt Schneider, ro-Larry Feyerabend, wg-Porter Eltzroth, btg-Rodin Kilpatrick, tg-Stan Schwartz, (9INT); flak, f/l Bulltofta, Swed; MACR 5995. RetUS Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 10/7/45; RFC Kingman 14/1/46. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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108⇗ | 15 May 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
114⇗ | 24 May 1944 | Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
116⇗ | 27 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
119⇗ | 29 May 1944 | Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland | Completed Mission | Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
121⇗ | 31 May 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Colmar, France | Completed Mission | Group Lead. Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102661. Sortie Report ⇗ |
129⇗ | 6 June 1944 | Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen Type: Transportation Location: Caen, France | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron, Group lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
131⇗ | 8 June 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D) Type: Transportation Location: Orleans, France | Completed Mission | 41C Wing, High Group Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
134⇗ | 13 June 1944 | Target: Dreux Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux, France | Completed Mission | Lead Group, Wing Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
137⇗ | 16 June 1944 | Target: Athies Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Laon, France | Completed Mission | High Group Deputy. Jettisoned bombs after target. Sortie Report ⇗ |
138⇗ | 18 June 1944 | Target: Ölwerke Julius Humbles Type: Oil Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | 41A Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
139⇗ | 19 June 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
140⇗ | 19 June 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France | Completed Mission | 41B Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
141⇗ | 20 June 1944 | Target: Oil Refineries Type: Oil Industry Location: Harburg (Hamburg area), Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
142⇗ | 21 June 1944 | Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany | Failed To Return | Low Group, High Squadron Lead. Landed in Sweden. Sortie Report ⇗ |