Serial Number: | 44-6514 |
Name: | DANNY |
Manufacturer: | Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17G-55-DL, Natural Metal Finish |
Squadron: | 547th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
Squadron ID Code: | 547th‑SO*Q |
Start Date: | 7 October 1944. New Replacement AC. |
Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 58 combat missions with the 384th. |
End Date: | 10 December 1945. Istres: Moved with the Group to Istres/Le Tube, France. |
Photo Album: | Aircraft 44-6514 Photo Album⇗ |
History: | 44-6514 Del Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 17/9/44; Ass 547BS/384BG [SO-Q] Grafton Underwood 21/9/44; trans with group to Istres, ; Sal 9AF Germany 10/12/45.DANNY. |
Research Notes: | 2023-01-25 KAE B-17G 44-6514 appears for the first time in the Monthly Aircraft Inventory of 6 November 1944, indicating that the aircraft was received between 7 October and 6 November 1944. The start date of 7 October 1944 was chosen as a place holder until more accurate data is located. |
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Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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218⇗ | 2 November 1944 | Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Low Squadron. Aborted, but received mission credit. Sortie Report ⇗ |
222⇗ | 8 November 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | High Squadron flying spare. Aborted with #2 supercharger failure. Sortie Report ⇗ |
223⇗ | 9 November 1944 | Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France | Spare, Completed Mission | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
224⇗ | 10 November 1944 | Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
226⇗ | 16 November 1944 | Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37788. Sortie Report ⇗ |
227⇗ | 20 November 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Composite Squadron 41st Bomb Wing D group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
229⇗ | 25 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report ⇗ |
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
232⇗ | 29 November 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
236⇗ | 6 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
237⇗ | 9 December 1944 | Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
239⇗ | 12 December 1944 | Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 | Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales. Sortie Report ⇗ |
242⇗ | 23 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed at Grafton Underwood. Sortie Report ⇗ |
244⇗ | 27 December 1944 | Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑102430. Sortie Report ⇗ |
245⇗ | 28 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
247⇗ | 31 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
248⇗ | 1 January 1945 | Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
249⇗ | 2 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
250⇗ | 3 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
251⇗ | 5 January 1945 | Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
252⇗ | 7 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
253⇗ | 8 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑38752. Sortie Report ⇗ |
254⇗ | 10 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
255⇗ | 15 January 1945 | Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
256⇗ | 17 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 | Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167. Sortie Report ⇗ |
259⇗ | 22 January 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
260⇗ | 23 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Honington Airfield, AAF Station 375. Sortie Report ⇗ |
261⇗ | 28 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
262⇗ | 29 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany | Completed Mission | Hot camera ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
263⇗ | 1 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
265⇗ | 9 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Landed In Allied Territory | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed at airfield B-51 in Vendeville, south of Lille, France, due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Sudbury Airfield, AAF Station 174, due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 17 February 1945 | Mannheim, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Sortie Report ⇗ |
268⇗ | 19 February 1945 | Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
273⇗ | 24 February 1945 | Target: Submarine Construction Shipyard Type: Shipyards Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
274⇗ | 25 February 1945 | Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39197. Sortie Report ⇗ |
275⇗ | 26 February 1945 | Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany | Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed | Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
276⇗ | 27 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
277⇗ | 28 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Sortie Report ⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
282⇗ | 7 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. Sortie Report ⇗ |
283⇗ | 8 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
285⇗ | 10 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
286⇗ | 11 March 1945 | Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
287⇗ | 12 March 1945 | Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
289⇗ | 15 March 1945 | Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron. Sortie Report ⇗ |
290⇗ | 17 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 | Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
294⇗ | 22 March 1945 | Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
296⇗ | 24 March 1945 | Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑39236. Sortie Report ⇗ |
297⇗ | 24 March 1945 | Target: Twente Enschede Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Low Squadron. Aircraft did not take off. Sortie Report ⇗ |
299⇗ | 28 March 1945 | Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
300⇗ | 30 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
302⇗ | 3 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Kiel, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
304⇗ | 5 April 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany | Spare, Completed Mission | High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report ⇗ |
305⇗ | 6 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Did not take off; crew did not switch to a Spare Aircraft. Sortie Report ⇗ |
306⇗ | 7 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
307⇗ | 9 April 1945 | Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
310⇗ | 14 April 1945 | Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France | Completed Mission | Appeared to release bombs somewhat late. Sortie Report ⇗ |
311⇗ | 15 April 1945 | Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
313⇗ | 17 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany | Completed Mission | Sortie Report ⇗ |
314⇗ | 19 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Sortie Report ⇗ |
-- | 23 April 1945 | Training (Non-Combat) | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
316⇗ | 25 April 1945 | Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | Completed Mission | High Squadron. Sortie Report ⇗ |