| Serial Number: |
42-3218 |
| Name: |
DORIS MAE |
| Manufacturer: |
Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17F-35-DL, Camouflage |
| Squadron: |
545th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: |
545th‑JD*R |
| Start Date: |
15 April 1943. Original AC: Start Date is approximate.. |
| Missions: |
This aircraft was credited with 21 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: |
4 January 1944. Transferred: Sent to 1 BAD, Burtonwood. |
| Photo Album: |
Aircraft 42-3218 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: |
42-3218 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming [for modification] on 1 April 1943. Moved to Dow Field (Bangor Army Air Field) on 23 May 1943. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code JD-R, 384th Bombardment Group, Grafton Underwood, Station 106, UK on 29 May 1943. Transferred to the 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD) at Burtonwood, Station 590 on 4 January 1944. Transferred to the Royal Air Force (RAF) [SR389]; 214 Squadron, squadron code BU-P, at Sculthorpe, Oulton, (County of) Norfolk. (SOC) Struck Off Charge an RAF expression similar to written off, on 11 March 1947 Plane Name: DORIS MAE |
| Bits & Pieces: |
- 23218 384 545 JD R Doris Mae
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01 04 43 AI 27 05 43 AOS 29 05 43 G
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04 01 44 BAD1
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B-17F Aircraft 42-3218 Was Assigned To 37 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 21 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 |
Sortie Report
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| -- | 23 June 1943 | Bernay-Saint-Martin, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 2⇗ | 25 June 1943 | Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
Sortie Report
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| 3⇗ | 26 June 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 4⇗ | 28 June 1943 | Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 5⇗ | 29 June 1943 | Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 6⇗ | 4 July 1943 | Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| -- | 9 July 1943 | Abbeville, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 7⇗ | 10 July 1943 | Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 8⇗ | 14 July 1943 | Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 9⇗ | 24 July 1943 | Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report
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| 10⇗ | 25 July 1943 | Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 14⇗ | 12 August 1943 | Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 0810 hrs because of supercharger failure on #3 & #4 engines.
Sortie Report
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| 15⇗ | 15 August 1943 | Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3074.
Sortie Report
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| 16⇗ | 16 August 1943 | Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| -- | 24 August 1943 | Diversion
(Non-Combat) | Returned To Base |
Sortie Report
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| 18⇗ | 27 August 1943 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| -- | 30 August 1943 | Achiet-le-Grand, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 19⇗ | 31 August 1943 | Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back with #2, #3, and #4 engines very rough.
Sortie Report
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| 21⇗ | 6 September 1943 | Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. Landed at Grafton Underwood.
Sortie Report
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| 22⇗ | 7 September 1943 | Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium | Completed Mission | Group lead.
Sortie Report
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| 23⇗ | 9 September 1943 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 24⇗ | 16 September 1943 | Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France | Completed Mission | Group deputy.
Sortie Report
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| -- | 21 September 1943 | Riems, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | HSqLd
Sortie Report
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| 25⇗ | 23 September 1943 | Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France | Completed Mission | High Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42‑29768.
Sortie Report
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| -- | 26 September 1943 | Nantes, France, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 26⇗ | 27 September 1943 | Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report
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| 28⇗ | 4 October 1943 | Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
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| 29⇗ | 8 October 1943 | Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron lead. Turned back, unable to keep up with formation due to lack of power.
Sortie Report
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| 30⇗ | 9 October 1943 | Target: Aircraft Factories
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Anklam, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 31⇗ | 10 October 1943 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
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| -- | 13 October 1943 | Emden, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 32⇗ | 14 October 1943 | Target: Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| --⇗ | 30 October 1943 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 34⇗ | 3 November 1943 | Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 37⇗ | 26 November 1943 | Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany | Returned Early | Turned back with a supercharger failure, apparently after entering into enemy airspace and thereby earning combat credit.
Sortie Report
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| 42⇗ | 13 December 1943 | Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low group.
Sortie Report
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