42-97081
- Coded BK-K is B-17G 42-97081 546BS, 384BG. Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Photo
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Object Number - FRE 1295 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 384th Bomb Group drop bombs over Dijon. Printed caption on reverse: '50917 AC- Bombs from Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses...
Available: 25 January 1944 - Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle, Washington
Assigned: 28 January 1944 - Cheyenne
Assigned: 11 February 1944 - Kearney AAF
Assigned: 23 March 1944 - Presque Isle AAF
Assigned 12 March 1944 - 546th BS / 384th BG - (RAF Grafton Underwood)
( Triangle-P ) ( BK-K )
Missing in Action: Monday, 8 May 1944 - (Sottevast, France – V1 Launch site)
8 KIA, 2 Rescued
Pilot: James W Brown Jr (KIA)
Co-pilot: Donald V Chubb (KIA)
Navigator: Kenneth M Jones (KIA)
Bombardier: Carl W Kuba (RTD)
Flight engineer: Merle E Ingmire (KIA)
Radio Operator: Joseph J Kozar (KIA)
Ball turret gunner: James A Hatton (KIA)
Waist gunner: Julius E McClintick (KIA)
Waist gunner: Don E Reis (KIA)
Tail gunner: George H Yeager Jr (RTD)
Flak KOd #4 soon followed by #1, also setting gas tanks on fire, crashed Channel (near Cherbourg)
Navigator and tail gunner recovered by RAF Air Sea Rescue.
Missing Air Crew Report 4812.
Connections
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33421883
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39842787 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17115017
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15102302
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
Places
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
- Date: 22 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 9 April 1944
- Date: 29 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Berlin, Germany | 8 May 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
English Channel | 8 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4812 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database