42-3222 Deuces Wild
Just discernible is the over the pitot Long Beach style underside demarcation between the olive drab upper finish and gray below.
Via Marc Poole, 384th BG Assoc. To Marchese, FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945; JAN 20, 2020. DUECES WILD.
Object Number - UPL 41293 - 42-3222 B-17F-35-DL DUECES WILD bases on poker hand and serial number which could produce several high ranking hands. Just discernible is the over...
Delivered Cheyenne 1-Apr-43; Dow Field 23-May-43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-P] Grafton Underwood 28-May-43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17-Aug-43 Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Reichenbach, Germany 10 miles south of Darmstadt, Ger. 2KIA 8POW Missing Air Crew Report 292. DUECES WILD.
P 1LT Fank G. Mattes (KIA); CP 2LT Arthur J. Thompson, Jr. (POW)
N 2LT Wayne L. Wentworth (POW); B 2LT Adam Konefal (KIA)
E/TTG William L. Miller (POW); RO TSGT Homer T. Flatter (POW)
BTG SSGT James C. Rhodes (POW); WG SSGT Thomas Hay (POW)
WG SSGT John P. Thompson (POW); TG SSGT Edward J. Garcia (POW)
Connections
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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 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-522720
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot / Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36345794
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665319
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Godfrey Army Airfield : Bangor Army Airfield : Dow AF Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: 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-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 16 August 1943
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 28 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 1 April 1943 - 23 May 1943 | For modification |
|
Delivered |
Bangor, ME , USA | 23 May 1943 - 28 May 1943 | For move to England |
|
Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 28 May 1943 - 17 August 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron |
|
Crashed |
Reichenbach, Lautertal, Germany | 17 August 1943 - 17 August 1943 | MIA on mission to Schweinfurt. Shot down by enemy aircraft. MACR 292 |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Added Markings, converted dates in Description to military-style signification; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added FTR event, map location, crew position, rank, full proper name and dispostions of crew memeber per MACR 292; Added nickname and formatted crew display per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 292 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
