B-17F 42-3104

Aircraft Details

Serial Number:	42-3104
Name:	RAIDER
Manufacturer:	Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17F-25-DL, Camouflage
Squadron:	547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	547th‑SO*A
Start Date:	12 July 1943. Transferred: Received from the 94th BG..
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 2 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	12 August 1943. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:	Missing Air Crew Report # 286⇓ (21.422 MB)
Photo Album:	Aircraft 42-3104 Photo Album⇗
History:	42-3104 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming [for modification] on 12/ February 1943. Moved to Dow Field [Bangor Army Airfield], Bangor Maine on 16 April 1943. Assigned to the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, Plane Name: Raider, 94th Bombardment Group, Bury St. Edmunds/Rougham, Station 468, UK in June 1943. Transferred to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SO-A, 384th Bombardment Group, Grafton Underwood, Station 106 on 10 July 1943. Missing In Action (MIA) on a mission to Gelsenkirchen on 12 August 1943 with Pilot George B. Keck, Copilot Raymond A. Gaither, Radio Operator Frank E. Hollingsworth, Ball Turret Gunner William D. Wolven, Waist Gunner Theodore Paduch, Waist Gunner Walden A. Hughes; 6 Killed In Action (KIA); Navigator William W. Juart, BombardierArthur R. Bryant, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Milton J. Deville, Tail Gunner William F. Igou (4 POW). The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Haus [house] Oelgarten, near Hennef, seven miles East of Bonn, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 286.
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B-17F Aircraft 42-3104 Was Assigned To 3 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 2 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Completed Mission	This aircraft was assigned to the Goulder Crew, but was taken by the Sierens Crew to replace 42‑5849. Sortie Report ⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Failed To Return	Damaged by enemy aircraft; crashed near 'House Oelgarten', Hennef, Germany. MACR 286 Sortie Report ⇗