Serial Number: | 42-29768 |
Name: | WINSOME WINN II |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-70-BO, Camouflage |
Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*X |
Start Date: | 28 June 1943. Transferred: Received from the 95th BG.. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 19 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 1 December 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 1336⇓ (9.146 MB) |
Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-29768 Photo Album⇗ |
History: | 42-29768 Delivered to the Cheyenne, Wyoming Modification Center on 17 February 1943. Moved to Walker Army Airfield, Kansas on 27 February 1943; Salina, Kansas on 5 March 1943; Gulfport, Mississippi on 31 March 1943. Ferried overseas and assigned to the 334th Bombardment squadron, squadron code BG-G, 95th Bombardment Group, Station 102, Alconbury, UK on 9 April 1943 (named WINSOME WINN); then to Framlingham, station 153 on 12 May 1943; 4 missions, Battle damage on a mission to Lorient, France, 17 May 1943 w/W. Thomas; crash landed in Southern UK, 1ORTD;. The aircraft was repaired and transferred to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SO-X, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 28 June 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Solingen, Germany, 1 December 1943 with Pilot-Darwin George Nelson, Co-pilot-Elmer Leroy Smith, Navigator-T/Sgt Joseph Horatio Harrison, Bombardier-Sam Ellis Drake, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Vincent Gregorich, Ball Turret Gunner-John Harvey Turner, Waist Gunner-Antonio C. Gomez Jr., Waist Gunner-Francis Marvin Seager (8POW); The Radio Operator-Curtis Easley and Tail Gunner-Albert Brewer evaded capture;. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Solingen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #1336. Aircraft Name: WINSOME WINN II |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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-- | 9 July 1943 | Abbeville, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 | Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France | Completed Mission | High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
8⇗ | 14 July 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
9⇗ | 24 July 1943 | Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 26 July 1943 | Hamburg, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 | Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
13⇗ | 30 July 1943 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 | Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
15⇗ | 15 August 1943 | Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 | Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 24 August 1943 | Diversion (Non-Combat) | Returned To Base | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 30 August 1943 | Achiet-le-Grand, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
19⇗ | 31 August 1943 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 2 September 1943 | Vannes, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 | Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Sortie Report ⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 | Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
22⇗ | 7 September 1943 | Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Difficulty controlling #4 engine and prop caused Butler to abort, after assembling his section. Sortie Report ⇗ |
23⇗ | 9 September 1943 | Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
24⇗ | 16 September 1943 | Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF St. Athan, Wales. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 21 September 1943 | Riems, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
25⇗ | 23 September 1943 | Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3218. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 26 September 1943 | Nantes, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
27⇗ | 2 October 1943 | Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Sortie Report ⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 | Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Ipswich due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
29⇗ | 8 October 1943 | Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 | Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back. Landed away at Ridgewell. Sortie Report ⇗ |
33⇗ | 20 October 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | Squadron of composite group. 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 ⇗ |
--⇗ | 13 November 1943 | Bremen, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
37⇗ | 26 November 1943 | Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
38⇗ | 29 November 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 30 November 1943 | Solingen, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Plane failed to contact wing Sortie Report ⇗ |
39⇗ | 1 December 1943 | Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany | Failed To Return | Shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near the Zwarteberg/Mont Noir on the Belgian-French border. The crewmembers bailed out, Easley landed near Boeschepe (Nord), France, some others landing near Abele, Belgium, and the rest near Westouter, Belgium. These locations are all within four miles south and west of Poperinge, Belgium; MACR 1336 Sortie Report ⇗ |