B-17F 42-30065

Aircraft Details

Serial Number:	42-30065
Name:	Not Known
Manufacturer:	Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-85-BO, Camouflage
Squadron:	547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	547th‑SO*O
Start Date:	1 April 1943. Original AC.
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 9 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	22 August 1943. Transferred: Sent to the 306th BG.
Photo Album:	No Photo Album For This Aircraft
History:	42-30065 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming for modification on 5 April 1943; Sioux City, Iowa on 14 April 1943; Kearney, Nebraska on 4 May 1943; Bangor, Maine on 20 May 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SO-O, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 24 May 1943. The aircraft flew nine combat missions before being transferred to the 369th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code WW-U, 306th Bombardment Group, station 111, Thurleigh on 22 August 1943. Battle damaged on a mission to Stuttgart, Germany, 6 September 1943 with pilot-William Price, co-pilot-R.L. Fallow, navigator-Phil Anderson, bombardier-C.L. Dunlop, engineer/top turret gunner-Paul Loubet, radio operator-Jerome Evenson, ball turret gunner-Fred Massey, waist gunner-K.H. Smith, waist gunner-H.W. Hoser, tail gunner-William Oliver (10 Returned To Duty). Crash landed at New Romney, Kent, UK. Salvaged on 16 September 1943.
Bits & Pieces:	230065 384 547 SO O 02 04 43 AI 23 05 43 AOS 00 04 43 G 06 08 43 AFSC RG 14 08 43 22 08 43 306BG 230065 306 369 WW U 02 04 43 AI 23 05 43 AOS 22 08 43 G 384BG 10 09 43 CL Romney, UK 11 09 43 AFSC 16 09 43 SAL
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B-17F Aircraft 42-30065 Was Assigned To 10 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 9 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Completed Mission	High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Completed Mission	Bombed an unknown city. Sortie Report ⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Completed Mission	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 ⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. Landed away at Horham, AAF Station 119, on return with extensive battle damage, low fuel, and a wounded crewman. Sortie Report ⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Completed Mission	Sortie Report ⇗