| Serial Number: |
42-38158 |
| Name: |
JEAN |
| Manufacturer: |
Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17G-30-DL, Camouflage |
| Squadron: |
547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: |
547th‑SO*L |
| Start Date: |
1 March 1944. New Replacement AC. |
| Missions: |
This aircraft was credited with 14 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: |
24 April 1944. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 4352⇓ (41.543 MB) |
| Photo Album: |
Aircraft 42-38158 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: |
42-38158 Del Denver 1/1/44; Gr Island 13/1/44; ass 547BS/384BG [SO-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; MIA Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 w/Bill McKichan, cp-Bill Hautz, n-Neil Walling, b-John Lynch, ettg-Elroy Altendorf, btg-John Cox, wg-Kermit Olstad, tg-John Pastorella (8KIA); ro-Ken Gray, wg-Claud Gustafson (2POW); flak, cr nr Leustetten, 11 miles SW of Munich, Ger. MACR 4352. |
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B-17G Aircraft 42-38158 Was Assigned To 20 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 14 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 72⇗ | 6 March 1944 | Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing.
Sortie Report
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| 73⇗ | 8 March 1944 | Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
⇗ |
| 74⇗ | 9 March 1944 | Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 75⇗ | 16 March 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission | Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑38013.
Sortie Report
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| 76⇗ | 18 March 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy, lead group, 41st Combat Bombardment Wing.
Sortie Report
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| 77⇗ | 19 March 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed |
Sortie Report
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| 82⇗ | 26 March 1944 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Grismont, Rebecques, France | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 83⇗ | 27 March 1944 | Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France | Completed Mission | 94 Group.
Sortie Report
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| 84⇗ | 28 March 1944 | Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report
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| 85⇗ | 29 March 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| -- | 31 March 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 86⇗ | 9 April 1944 | Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Turned back at 0955; could not locate formation due to bad weather.
Sortie Report
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| 87⇗ | 10 April 1944 | Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 88⇗ | 11 April 1944 | Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 90⇗ | 18 April 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report
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| 91⇗ | 19 April 1944 | Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 92⇗ | 20 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France | Completed Mission | A Wing, High Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
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| -- | 21 April 1944 | Leuna, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | HSqLd
Sortie Report
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| 93⇗ | 22 April 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 94⇗ | 24 April 1944 | Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Failed To Return | High Squadron lead, lead group. Hit by direct flak burst on bomb run; a/c blew up in mid-air after bomb release. MACR 4352
Sortie Report
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