| Serial Number: | 42-30036 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-85-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 546th |
| Start Date: | 1 April 1943. Original AC. |
| Missions: | No combat missions flown with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 12 June 1943. Air Accident: Mid-air collision during landing, after training mission. |
| Related Documents: | Accident Report # 43-06-12-502⇓ (29.679 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-30036 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-30036 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming for modification on 2 April 1943; Sioux City, Iowa on 13 April 1943; Kearney, Nebraska on 2 May 1943; Dow Field on 30 May 1943. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-?, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 1 June 1943. The ship was involved in a mid-air collision with 42-30131 which chewed off the tailplane of 42-30036 over the base during training operations on 12 June 1943 with pilot-Elwood D. Kowalski, co-pilot-Jack L. Griffin, navigator-Samuel A. Eggers Jr., bombardier-Leo A. Murphy and radio operator-Sgt Jean L. Blaise (5 Killed in Service). The aircraft was salvaged on 12 June 1943. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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| -- | 12 June 1943 | Training (Non-Combat) | Crashed In Allied Territory | Crashed due to a collision with aircraft 42‑30131 on short final while landing at Grafton Underwood after a training mission. Pilot (2Lt Ellwood Kowalski) executed a pull-up maneuver upon observing red light from control tower and struck aircraft 42‑30131 (pilot 2Lt F Witt) which was just above. All five crew aboard Kowalski's aircraft were killed: crew aboard Lt Witt's aircraft survived uninjured. Aircraft 42‑30036 was not following established traffic pattern prior to collision. Sortie Report ⇗ |