B-17G 42-39809

Aircraft Details

Serial Number:	42-39809
Name:	Not Known
Manufacturer:	Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17G-1-VE, Camouflage
Squadron:	547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	547th‑SO*M
Start Date:	4 January 1944. New Replacement AC.
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 9 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	22 February 1944. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:	Missing Air Crew Report # 2467⇓ (10.428 MB)
Photo Album:	No Photo Album For This Aircraft
History:	42-39809 Del Long Beach 7/9/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 w/Ray MacDonald, n-Bill Kontur, b-George Bean, ettg-Lee Pierce, ro-Tony Franzo, btg-Rich Egger, w-Dan Gabriel, wg-Rufus Odom, tg-Bob Egger (9POW); cp-Paul Smith (KIA-chute damaged by fire on exit from plane); e/a, cr Venray, on road to Oostrum, Hol; MACR 2467. KAYO.
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B-17G Aircraft 42-39809 Was Assigned To 11 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 9 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
53⇗	14 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Le Meillard, France	Completed Mission	Sortie Report ⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Returned Early	Low group. Turned back at 1019 hrs due to pilot's illness. Bombs jettisoned in Channel. Sortie Report ⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Completed Mission	Lead group. Sortie Report ⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Completed Mission	Low Group. Sortie Report ⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Completed Mission	High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets) as well as incendiaries. Sortie Report ⇗
59⇗	5 February 1944	Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	Sortie Report ⇗
60⇗	6 February 1944	Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nancy, France	Completed Mission	Sortie Report ⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑39991. Sortie Report ⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Completed Mission	41B Group. Sortie Report ⇗
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Failed To Return	41B Group. Shot down in vigorous attacks by 10-15 Me-109s or a heavy flak barrage between 1230 and 1300 hrs near Münster, Germany; crashed near Oostrum (just east of Venray), The Netherlands. MACR 2467 Sortie Report ⇗