42-37885 Frostie : Mrs FDR
384th BG 466th Bomb Group collection
Chris Brassfield
Object Number - UPL 20306 - B-17G-15-DL #42-37885 384th BG
Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-L] Grafton Underwood 22/11/43 as MRS F. D. R.; then 545BS [JD-D]; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Virgil Broyhill, Co-pilot: Albt Burns, Navigator: Guy Earle, Bombardier: Jim Grauer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Duncan, Radio Operator: Frank Pizzi, Ball turret gunner: Guiseppe Piemonte, Waist gunner: Arnold Massengale, Waist gunner: John Wilkins,Tail gunner: Jim RobertsonWounded in Action (10INT); flak damaged three engines before force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 4287. FROSTIE.
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Units served with
People
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793805
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35714312
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress on the 4 February 1944. Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '4-2-44.' Printed caption removed from reverse. Censor no: 304545. On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413520.jpg.webp?itok=8ZB41rSN)
- Date: 11 February 1944
- Date: 8 February 1944
- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 10 February 1943 - 22 October 1943 | For modification |
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Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 22 November 1943 | 384th BG |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4287 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database