B-17G 43-38615

Aircraft Details

Serial Number: 43-38615
Name: Not Known
Manufacturer: Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17G-90-BO, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron: 544th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code: 544th‑SU*D
Start Date: 23 September 1944. New Replacement AC.
Missions: This aircraft was credited with 9 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date: 14 November 1944. Salvaged: Landed on continent with battle damage, 1944-10-07.
Photo Album: Aircraft 43-38615 Photo Album⇗
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B-17G Aircraft 43-38615 Was Assigned To 9 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 9 Of Them
Number Date Target Results Mission/Sortie Information
199⇗26 September 1944Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Osnabrück, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
200⇗27 September 1944Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points)
Type: Transportation
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany		Completed MissionGround Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37822.
Sortie Report ⇗
201⇗28 September 1944Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
202⇗30 September 1944Target: Handorf Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Münster, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
203⇗2 October 1944Target: Ford Motor Works
Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
204⇗3 October 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Wesseling, Germany		Completed Mission Sortie Report ⇗
205⇗5 October 1944Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany		Completed MissionHigh Squadron.
Sortie Report ⇗
206⇗6 October 1944Target: M/T Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland		Completed MissionD group.
Sortie Report ⇗
207⇗7 October 1944Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Leipzig, Germany		Landed In Allied TerritoryAt 1100 hrs in the vicinity of [Bad] Iburg, aircraft was hit by flak and peeled off from formation with #2 wing tank smoking and leaking; last seen over Osnabrück with wheels down and under control; no chutes; landed in allied territory, near Brussels, with all crew safe.
Sortie Report ⇗