42-97760

media-30933.jpeg UPL 30933 B-17G-30-VE #42-97760 Code: K
388th BG - 562nd BS
completed 50 combat missions 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 30933 - B-17G-30-VE #42-97760 Code: K 388th BG - 562nd BS completed 50 combat missions

Delivered Denver 16/2/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 31/5/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/1/46.

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Units served with

People

Milton Carlton Casebere

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 388th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-767420
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Columbus Claggett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33061771
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Frank Dykty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11071877
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner

James William Godwin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-752847
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward Leroy Grindle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31152190
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

841

  • Date: 22 February 1945
  • Official Description:

789

  • Date: 10 January 1945

781

  • Date: 5 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

770

  • Date: 30 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO, USA 16 February 1944

Assigned

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 31 May 1944 388 BG 562 BS

Other

First 388th BG Combat Mission

Munich, Germany 15 July 1944

Other

Final 388th BG Combat Mission

Gera, Germany 6 April 1945 Completed 50 combat missions + 2 aborts

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

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Contributor466thHistorian
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman, page 207

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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