| Serial Number: | 42-30196 |
| Name: | SAD SACK |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-90-BO, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*Y |
| Ground Crew Chief: | Flynn, James Francis |
| Start Date: | 23 June 1943. New Replacement AC. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 13 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 14 October 1943. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 839⇓ (5.283 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-30196 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-30196 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming for modification on 26 April 1943; Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas on 6 May 1943; Tinker AAF, Oklahoma on 25 May 1943; Dow Field, Maine on 6 June 1943. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-V, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 23 June 1943. Failed to return from a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany on 14 October 1943 with pilot-Lawrence Larry Keller Jr., co-pilot-Marion Dale Odell, navigator-Jerome Fraser Hart, bombardier-Kenneth Elbert Gross, engineer/top turret gunner-Virgilio D. Jacoby, ball turret gunner-Harold Keith McLean (6 Killed in Action). The radio operator-Wallie Hayes Vansandt, waist gunner-John Edward Maloney, waist gunner-Peter Charles Motiaytis and tail gunner-Charles Albert Jellings were captured and became Prisoners of War. The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Bischbrunn, near Markt Heidenfeldt, 18 miles West of Schweinfurt, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) # 839. Aircraft Name: SAD SACK. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4⇗ | 28 June 1943 | Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 5⇗ | 29 June 1943 | Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30026. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 9 July 1943 | Abbeville, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 7⇗ | 10 July 1943 | Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 8⇗ | 14 July 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 9⇗ | 24 July 1943 | Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29686. 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 ⇗ |
| 13⇗ | 30 July 1943 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back 62 miles into Belgium because hydraulic fluid was coming down into the ball turret, which was inoperative, the left waist gun and left top turret gun were out of order, and the tachometer on one engine was oscillating wildly. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 14⇗ | 12 August 1943 | Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 15⇗ | 15 August 1943 | Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 16⇗ | 16 August 1943 | Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 17⇗ | 17 August 1943 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 24⇗ | 16 September 1943 | Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| -- | 21 September 1943 | Riems, France, RECALLED | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 25⇗ | 23 September 1943 | Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑30005. Landed away at RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 26 September 1943 | Nantes, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 26⇗ | 27 September 1943 | Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑29651. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 27⇗ | 2 October 1943 | Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 28⇗ | 4 October 1943 | Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 29⇗ | 8 October 1943 | Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 31⇗ | 10 October 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30005. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 13 October 1943 | Emden, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 32⇗ | 14 October 1943 | Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Failed To Return | Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed at Bischbrunn, Germany, 21 miles WNW of Würzburg, Germany; MACR 839. Sortie Report ⇗ |