42-3216 The Joker
384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF
Shot Down 14 October 1943 384th Bomb Group collection
B-17F-35-DL
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 13/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bill Kopf, Co-pilot: Alf Scott, Navigator: Toscha Massey, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Smith, Waist gunner: Leroy Bernard, Waist gunner: Tony Perroni,Tail gunner: Elton Buddemeyer (7 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Gene Connor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Mauritho, Radio Operator: Herbert Yeryar (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft blew off nose, crashed Rambluzin-Meuse, 11 miles S of Verdun, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 841. THE JOKER.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665266
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735966
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38223138
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13096046
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37394101
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Godfrey Army Airfield : Bangor Army Airfield : Dow AF Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 27 September 1943
- Date: 24 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 1 April 1943 - 13 May 1943 | For modification |
Delivered |
Bangor, ME 04401, USA | 13 May 1943 - 29 May 1943 | For move to England |
Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 29 May 1943 - 14 October 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron |
Crashed |
Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux, France | 14 October 1943 - 14 October 1943 | MIA on mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. Hit by enemy aircraft. MACR 841 |
Revisions
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?Aircraf…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 841 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database