42-31211 Reno's Raider

media-24488.jpeg UPL 24488 B-17G-5-FO #42-31211 Reno's Raider Code: SU-H
384th BG - 544th BS

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 24488 - B-17G-5-FO #42-31211 Reno's Raider Code: SU-H 384th BG - 544th BS

Delivered Cheyenne 5/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Romulus 24/10/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-H] Grafton Underwood 23/11/43; Missing in Action Sottevast 8/5/44 with Capt Earl Allison, Co-pilot: Capt Randolph Jacobs, Bombardier: Jack Nagel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clements, Ball turret gunner: Vernon Kaufman (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Curtin, Waist gunner: Jim Grimmett,Tail gunner: Lester Hall (3 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Laubenstein, Waist gunner: Ken Hougard (2 evaded capture); direct flak hit, crashed Chateau de la Gronniere, near Nehou, seven miles SW of Valognes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4560.

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Units served with

People

Peter Gudyka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-669278
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Lester Winfield Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-447290
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Kenneth Nelson Hougard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19170044
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 Airplane Armorer/Gunner

Randolph George Edward Jacobs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044844
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.'

Robert O Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19080173
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY, USA 5 October 1943

Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering NN14, UK 23 November 1943 384BG 544BS

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Vierge de la Gronnière, 50500 Saint-André-de-Bohon, France 8 May 1944 Shot down by a direct flak hit

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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