42-5843 Black Ghost
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Delivered Long Beach 17/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 20/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Ralph R. Pulcipher, Co-pilot: Merle Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Thomas E. Furrey, Radio Operator: Asbury Lee Perkins (4 evaded capture), Navigator: William Eudey, Bombardier: Paul S. Givens, Ball turret gunner: Willard D. McLain, Waist gunner: Joe M. Hawkins, Waist gunner: Judson L. Dacus,Tail gunner: Albert F. Gase (6 Prisoner of War); no gas, crashed Beauvais, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1455 & 774. BLACK GHOST.
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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 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14078782
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735980
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13043315
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35328989
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729432
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 2 September 1943
- Date: 31 August 1943
- Date: 27 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Beauvais, France | 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database