B-17F 42-29686

Aircraft Details

Serial Number:	42-29686
Name:	PIE EYED PIPER
Manufacturer:	Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-65-BO, Camouflage
Squadron:	547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	547th‑SO*B
Start Date:	12 July 1943. Transferred: Received from the 94th BG..
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 4 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	12 August 1943. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:	Missing Air Crew Report # 290⇓ (35.283 MB)
Photo Album:	Aircraft 42-29686 Photo Album⇗
History:	42-29686 Delivered to Denver, Colorado for modification on 2 February 1943; then to the 94th Bombardment Group at Pueblo, Colorado on 18 February 1943; Salina, Kansas on 25 February 1943; Brookley Field, Alabama on 19 March 1943; Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas on 23 March 1943; then Gulfport, Mississippi on 10 April 1943. Assigned to the 331st Bombardment Squadron, squadron code QER, 94th Bombardment Group at Earls Colne, station 358, UK on 12 May 1943. Transferred to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SOB, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 12 July 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 12 August 1943 with Pilot-William H. Bigelow, Co-pilot-Earl H. Price, Navigator-Richard C. Hill Jr., Radio Operator-William G. Bartels, Ball Turret Gunner-George M. Fulton, Waist Gunner - Walter Nowotny, Waist Gunner - Michael Lome, Tail Gunner - Martin L. Parisot (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier - Walter Humphreys and Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-William L. Hamilton were Killed in Action. The ship was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Heisterbacherrott, three miles East of Konigswinter, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #290. Aircraft Name: PIE-EYED PIPER (aka KAYO).
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B-17F Aircraft 42-29686 Was Assigned To 6 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 4 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30196. Sortie Report ⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
--	26 July 1943	Hamburg, Germany, RECALLED	Mission Recalled	Sortie Report ⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Failed To Return	Damaged by enemy aircraft; exploded in mid-air and crashed east of Königswinter, Germany, at Heisterbacherrott; MACR 290 Sortie Report ⇗