| Serial Number: | 42-39962 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17G-10-VE, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*O |
| Start Date: | 21 January 1944. New Replacement AC. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 7 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 11 February 1944. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 2529⇓ (12.848 MB) |
| Photo Album: | No Photo Album For This Aircraft |
| History: | 42-39962 Del Long Beach 20/10/43; ass 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 11/2/44 w/Seth Widner, cp-Harvey Reid, n-Alf Wickman, b-Leon Garber, ro-Bill Smith, btg-Jim Mosbey, wg-Howard Boon, wg-John Santosuosso, tg-Walter Mize (9POW); ettg-George Cifelli (KIA); aircraft hit by prop wash, cr Notre-Dame-d'Aliermont, two miles N of St Vaast, 11miles S of Dieppe, Fr; MACR 2529. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56⇗ | 30 January 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37793. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 57⇗ | 3 February 1944 | Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Group. After losing the formation in clouds, continued mission with the 303rd BG. 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 Squadron lead, high group, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 59⇗ | 5 February 1944 | Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France | Completed Mission | FLIGHT TIME 6:00 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 | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 62⇗ | 11 February 1944 | Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Failed To Return | Last seen approaching French Coast making a left turn losing altitude, going into a steep spiral and into a dive at 10,000 ft; fire in bomb-bay, from several accounts in the MACR; crashed near Saint-Vaast-d'Équiqueville, France. MACR 2529 Sortie Report ⇗ |