B-17G 42-97233

Serial Number:	42-97233
Name:	Not Known
Manufacturer:	Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17G-45-BO, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron:	545th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	545th‑JD*K
Start Date:	9 April 1944. New Replacement AC.
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 1 combat mission with the 384th.
End Date:	13 April 1944. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:	Missing Air Crew Report # 3874⇓ (16.900 MB)
Photo Album:	No Photo Album For This Aircraft
History:	42-97233 Del Cheyenne 9/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Presque Is 25/3/44; Ass 545BS/384BG [JD-K] Grafton Underwood 9/4/44; MIA Schweinfurt 13/4/44 w/Scott Briley, cp-Marcel Letourneau, b-Vince Consoli, ettg-Jack Ward, ro-Carl Hitchcock, btg-Karl Stauffer, wg-John Allen, wg-Jim McLain, tg-Ralph Voorhees (9POW); n-Dexter Warren (KIA); e/a, cr Vielbrunn, nr Bad Konig/Odenwald, 19 miles SE of Darmstadt, Ger; MACR 3874.
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B-17G Aircraft 42-97233 Was Assigned To 2 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 1 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
--	12 April 1944	Schweinfurt, Germany, RECALLED	Mission Recalled	Sortie Report ⇗
89⇗	13 April 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Failed To Return	Shot down during fighter attacks which lasted from 1354 to 1357 hrs; crashed near Vielbrunn, Germany (27 km south of Aschaffenburg). MACR 3874 Sortie Report ⇗