| Serial Number: | 42-30041 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-85-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 544th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 544 |
| Start Date: | 1 April 1943. Original AC. |
| Missions: | No combat missions flown with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 9 June 1943. Ditched: Ditched off Greenland on ferry flight to England. |
| Related Documents: | Accident Report # 43-06-10-500⇓ (14.362 MB) |
| Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
| History: | 42-30041 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming for modification on 2 April 1943; Sioux City, Iowa on 14 April 1943; Kearney, Nebraska on 3 May 1943; Dow Field, Maine on 23 May 1943. Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group. The aircraft suffered engine failure and ditched 20 miles off Cape Fraels, Greenland en-route to Grafton Underwood, UK on 27 May 1943 with pilot-Kelmer J. Hall, co-pilot Bradley B. Summers, navigator-James D. Crary, bombardier-Herbert Schindler, engineer/top turret gunner-Kenneth W. Harland, radio operator-Edward R. Keathley, flexible gunner-Max B. Veber, radio operator-Holgate J. Dean, waist gunner-Clifford W. Spradlin, waist gunner-David J. Hardin, The entire crew was rescued from the sea and returned to duty (10 RTD). |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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| -- | 10 June 1943 | Ferrying (Non-Combat) | Failed To Return: Ditched | On ferry flight to the ETO, departed Gander late on 9 June 1943. Engine failures led to ditching in the ocean off the coast of Labrador. Sortie Report ⇗ |