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 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 20th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15096513 at enlistment, then O-797215
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 1 December 1943
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