42-39845 Hulcher's Vultures
Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 7/10/43; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Marquis Fjelsted, Co-pilot: Bill Hudson, Navigator: Herb Honlihan, Bombardier: Chester Tracewaki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McBrien, Radio Operator: Ed Stringer, Ball turret gunner: George Hoover, Waist gunner: John Shatz, Waist gunner: Harry McCarty,Tail gunner: John Perry (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd two engines, force landed a mile from Weira, 31 miles SW of Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5317. HULCHER’S VULTURES.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37413884
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17090308
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20459740
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38168960
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32508422
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA, USA | 18 September 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 7 October 1943 | 388 BG 563 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 19 November 1943 | Flew 50 combat missions (plus 3 aborts) including the mission she was shot down |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
07806 Weira, Germany | 28 May 1944 - 28 May 1944 | Forced crash landing after 2 engines were shot out |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5317 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database