| Serial Number: | 42-5851 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17F-25-VE, Camouflage |
| Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 547th |
| Start Date: | 1 April 1943. Original AC. |
| Missions: | No combat missions flown with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 19 May 1943. Crashed: Crash-landed at Bangor on first leg of overseas ferry flight. |
| Related Documents: | Accident Report # 43-05-19-11⇓ (5.690 MB) |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 42-5851 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 42-5851 Delivered to Long Beach Army Air Field, California on 20 March 1943. Moved to Sioux City Air Force Base, Iowa on 13 April 1943 [for modification]. Moved to Kearney Army Air Field, Nebraska on 3 May 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code SO*?, 384th Bombardment Group at Kearney AAF on 3 May1943. The aircraft took off from Kearney AAF on 19 May 1943 on a cross country flight to Dow Field, Maine With Pilot George B. Keck, Copilot Raymond A, Gaither, Navigator William W. Juart, Bombardier Arthur H. Bryant, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Milton J. DeVille, Radio Operator Frank E. Hollingsworth, Assistant Radio Operator Walden A. Hughes, Assistant Engineer/Gunner Billy J. Jackson, Assistant Gunner Theodore Paduch, Tail Gunner Alfred Reiss, no one was injured and all returned to duty (RTD). On landing at Dow Field, Maine, the left brake was inoperative and the ship swerved, crashing into piles of earth. The aircraft was written off on 9 June 1943 and salvaged. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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| -- | 19 May 1943 | Ferrying (Non-Combat) | Crashed In Allied Territory | Non-combat sortie, ferrying aircraft from AAB Kearney, Nebraska, to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine, en-route to combat assignment in England. Failure of the left brake and subsequent pilot actions resulted in extensive damage to the aircraft. Sortie Report ⇗ |