B-17G 42-97488

Serial Number:	42-97488
Name:	Not Known
Manufacturer:	Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17G-15-VE, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron:	547th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	547th‑SO*D
Start Date:	19 February 1944. Transferred: Received from the 457th BG..
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 2 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	22 February 1944. Failed to return from combat operations.
Related Documents:	Missing Air Crew Report # 2465⇓ (16.916 MB)
Photo Album:	No Photo Album For This Aircraft
History:	42-97488 Del Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Ass 96BG Snetterton 8/2/44; tran 457BG Glatton 9/2/44; 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 w/Norman DeFrees, cp-George Hunt, n-Ivan Moody, b-Ellis Miller, ettg-Lloyd Moore, ro-Bill Wright, btg-Luther Smith, wg-John Ecker, wg-Harley Hallam, tg-Jack Kushner (10POW); e/a, cr Wesel, Ger; MACR 2465.
Research Notes:	Aircraft letter code D primarily appears on the Takeoff and Landing forms, while letter G appears on Formation charts.
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B-17G Aircraft 42-97488 Was Assigned To 2 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 2 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
64⇗	21 February 1944	Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany	Completed Mission	Sortie Report ⇗
65⇗	22 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany	Failed To Return	41B Group. Shot down in vigorous attacks by 10-15 Me-109s, between 1230 and 1300 hrs near Münster, Germany; crashed near Dortmund or Wesel, Germany. MACR 2465. Sortie Report ⇗