42-3122 April's Fool
Navigator: Lt. R. O. Henley Jr. Bombardier: Lt. Warren B. Dillon Pilot: Lt. Ralph J. Hall Co-Pilot: Lt. Rodney W. House
Bottom Row, left to right:
Top Turret: Homer J. Conklin Tail gunner: Paul E. McNeal Waist gunner: Raymond C. Smiley Radio Operator: Smith J. Davis Ball Turret: Albert R. Valcour
384th Bomb Group Web Page
Object Number - UPL 30128 - Top Row, left to right: Navigator: Lt. R. O. Henley Jr. Bombardier: Lt. Warren B. Dillon Pilot: Lt. Ralph J. Hall Co-Pilot: Lt. Rodney W. ...
Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-Q] Thurleigh 17/4/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-N] Grafton Underwood 6/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Ralph Hall, Co-pilot: Rod House, Navigator: R.O. Henley, Bombardier: Warren Dillon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Homer Cocklin, Radio Operator: Smith Davis, Ball turret gunner: Albt Valcour, Waist gunner: Jim Parrish, Waist gunner: Ray Smiley, Tail gunner: Paul McNeal (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Glashutte, six miles N of Hamburg, Ger. No MACR. APRIL’S FOOL.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735179
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60057
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17028219 / O-670124
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Stapleton Airfield : Stapleton International Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 20 February 1943 - 5 April 1943 | For modification |
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Delivered |
Presque Isle, ME, USA | 5 April 1943 - 17 April 1943 | For move to England |
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Assigned |
Thurleigh, Bedford, England, UK | 17 April 1943 - 6 July 1943 | 96th Bomb Group, 413th Bomb Squadron |
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Transferred |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 6 July 1943 - 25 July 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron |
|
Crashed |
Glashütte, Germany | 25 July 1943 - 25 July 1943 | MIA on mission to Hamburg. Shot down by enemy aircraft. No MACR |
Revisions
Service number is from 384th Bomb Group (H)
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4712
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database