42-31274 Sea Hag

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Romulus 3/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU- ] Grafton Underwood 22/11/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Ludwigshafen 30 December 1943 with Randolph G. E. Jacobs, Co-pilot: Winthrop Alsop Jackson, Navigator: John Quinn Curtin, Bombardier: David H. Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Keith Goetz, Radio Operator: Doy J. Cloud, Ball turret gunner: Donald F. Gorham, Waist gunner: Lawrence H. Wager, Tail gunner: Robert L. Compton (9 Returned to Duty), Waist gunner: Aldo Joseph Gregori (KIA-lost in ditching, never found); mechanical fault, ditched in the Channel, nine rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 1768. SEA HAG.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798297
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676530
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in a single row in front of a military airplane.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39606925
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in a single row in front of a military airplane.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15336690
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Missions

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 30 December 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1768 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database