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.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Missions
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 22 June 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