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42-3216 The Joker

media-45642.jpeg UPL 45642 B-17F-35-DL #42-3216 "The Joker" Code: JD-S
384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF
Shot Down 14 October 1943 384th Bomb Group collection

B-17F-35-DL

Object Number - UPL 45642 - B-17F-35-DL #42-3216 "The Joker" Code: JD-S 384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF Shot Down 14 October 1943

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.

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Herbert Eugene Yeryar

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35362644
Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

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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