| Serial Number: |
42-97136 |
| Name: |
Not Known |
| Manufacturer: |
Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17G-40-BO, Natural Metal Finish |
| Squadron: |
544th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: |
544th‑SU*J |
| Start Date: |
12 March 1944. Transferred: Received from the 457th BG.. |
| Missions: |
This aircraft was credited with 17 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: |
27 April 1944. Failed to return from combat operations. |
| Related Documents: | Missing Air Crew Report # 4350⇓ (11.045 MB) |
| Photo Album: |
Aircraft 42-97136 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: |
42-97136 Del Cheyenne 30/1/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Ass 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; tran 544BS/384BG [SU-T] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; MIA Pas de Calais 27/4/44 w/Herb Small, cp-Roy Morris, n-Jim McGee, b-John Sewack, ettg-Dick Pirrello, ro-Marion Parker, btg-John Reynolds, wg-Dave George, wg-Russ Ulrich, tg-Ed Potkay (10KIA); flak on left wing, caught fire and spun in, cr Le Pont Durand, two miles S of Rocheville, six miles W of Valognes, Fr; MACR 4350. |
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B-17G Aircraft 42-97136 Was Assigned To 22 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 17 Of Them
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Results |
Mission/Sortie Information |
| 75⇗ | 16 March 1944 | Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission | Dropped nickles (propaganda leaflets), in addition to bomb load on target.
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 | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 78⇗ | 20 March 1944 | Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed |
Sortie Report
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| 79⇗ | 22 March 1944 | Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 80⇗ | 23 March 1944 | Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 81⇗ | 24 March 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Completed Mission |
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 |
Sortie Report
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| 85⇗ | 29 March 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report
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| -- | 31 March 1944 | Ludwigshaven, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Flying Spare
Sortie Report
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| 86⇗ | 9 April 1944 | Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Marienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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 | Low Squadron deputy.
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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| -- | 12 April 1944 | Schweinfurt, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 90⇗ | 18 April 1944 | Target: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission |
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 | B Wing, High Group.
Sortie Report
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| -- | 21 April 1944 | Leuna, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled |
Sortie Report
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| 93⇗ | 22 April 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed |
Sortie Report
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| 94⇗ | 24 April 1944 | Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany | Completed Mission |
Sortie Report
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| 96⇗ | 27 April 1944 | Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France | Failed To Return | Direct hit by flak immediately after bombs away; fire started in cockpit and spread throughout aircraft, which peeled off to the left and started down and then exploded; no chutes observed; crashed 2 km W of Valognes, France. MACR 4350
Sortie Report
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