B-17F 42-30041

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).
Bits & Pieces:	230041 384 544 SU 29 03 43 AI 26 05 43 AOS 00 04 43 G 09 06 43 FTRDIT
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B-17F Aircraft 42-30041 Was Assigned To 1 Mission Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 0 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
--	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 ⇗