42-31048
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Object Number - UPL 15684 - 42-31048 JD-L, unnamed, 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Squadron
Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; North Platte 19/9/43; Assigned 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group [JD-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 12 April 1944 with Max Jean Miller, Co-pilot: James E. Dent Jr., Navigator: Theophilius Edward Beinar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elvie Lawrence Rodden, Radio Operator: Henry Overholt Watson, Ball turret gunner: Saul Jack Schelberg, Waist gunner: Howard Rucolph Leconey, Tail gunner: Albert Patrick Krizner (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Darrell Clark Getty [leg amputated in Eppenheim hospital], Waist gunner: Edwin Pierce Fulkerson (2 Prisoner of War); attacked head on by 15 enemy aircraft, crashed Elmhausen/Bergstrasse, nine miles S of Darrmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3866.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18160313
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13143474
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
Missions
- Date: 20 March 1944
- Date: 16 March 1944
- Date: 9 March 1944
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Mannheim, Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3866 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database