| Serial Number: | 42-30180 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-90-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 545th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 545th |
| Start Date: | 10 June 1943. New Replacement AC. |
| Missions: | No combat missions flown with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 6 July 1943. Transferred: Sent to the 96th BG. |
| Comments: | This aircraft did not receive Group and Squadron markings prior to transfer. |
| Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
| History: | 42-30180 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming for modification on 24 April 1943; Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas on 5 May 1943; Presque Isle, Maine on 30 May 1943. Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 10 June 1943. The aircraft did not fly any missions with the 384th Bombardment Group before being transferred to station 138, Snetterton Heath on 12 June 1943, Named: BLACK HAWK; then to the 337th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code AW-H, 96th Bombardment Group, Andrews Field (Great Saling AAF-485) on 6 July 1943. Named: GUZZLERS. Next to the 388th Bombardment Group, station 138, APH Knettishall 1943; Missing in Action (as a drone) on a mission to Heligoland, Germany, with pilot-Lt Richard Lindahl {killed by static line incorrectly attached bailing out} & Lt D. Salles on 11 September 1944. |
| Bits & Pieces: | 230180 384 20 04 43 AI 18 06 43 AOS 10 06 43 G 06 07 43 96BG 230180 96 337 AW H Guzzlers, Black Hawk 20 04 43 AI 18 06 43 AOS 06 07 43 G 384BG 00 00 43 388BG 230180 APH {388BG Aphrodite Project} 20 04 43 AI 18 06 43 AOS 00 00 44 G 96BG 11 09 44 |
| Research Notes: | 2016-01-15 RFP. Found Squadron on 1943-06-26 TO&L list: it was first, as if a weather or formation ship. Also on 06-25 T/O almost 4 hrs after group. SquadronCode not found. |
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