B-17G 42-97124

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 42-97124
Name: THE JOKER
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17G-40-BO, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron: 545th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 545th‑JD*M
Start Date: 12 March 1944. Transferred: Received from the 457th BG..
Missions: This aircraft was credited with 8 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 13 April 1944. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:Missing Air Crew Report # 3870⇓ (11.912 MB)
Monument B-17 "The Joker"⇗
Photo Album: Aircraft 42-97124 Photo Album⇗
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B-17G Aircraft 42-97124 Was Assigned To 11 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 8 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
76⇗18 March 1944Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany		Completed MissionLead Squadron.
Sortie Report ⇗
81⇗24 March 1944Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany		Completed MissionLow Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report ⇗
83⇗27 March 1944Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Tours & Chartres, France		Completed Mission94 Group, High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report ⇗
84⇗28 March 1944Target: Dijon-Longvic Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dijon, France		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
85⇗29 March 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
--31 March 1944Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report ⇗
86⇗9 April 1944Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany		Aborted Mission After Taking Off.Turned back at 1003 hrs; could not locate formation due to bad weather. Bombs jettisoned in Channel due to malfunction of bomb bay doors.
Sortie Report ⇗
87⇗10 April 1944Target: Evere Airfield (50°54'3"N 4°20'9"E)
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
88⇗11 April 1944Target: FW Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Sorau, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
--12 April 1944Schweinfurt, Germany, RECALLEDMission Recalled Sortie Report ⇗
89⇗13 April 1944Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany		Failed To ReturnShot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Bérismenil, Belgium. MACR 3870
Sortie Report ⇗