42-97204 Skylark
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Object Number - FRE 4877 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (SO-K, serial number 42-97204) of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Aircraft Name: SKYLARK Handwritten caption on...
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 30/3/44; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Harry Rainey, Co-pilot: J.Z. Rowe, Navigator: Chas Francis, Bombardier: Walt Kendall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Evans, Radio Operator: Don Sturdivant, Ball turret gunner: Dick Mosier, Waist gunner: John Thornhill (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Alf Knowlton (evaded capture);Tail gunner: Norman Gordon (KIA-shot in his chute); flak, crashed Scholtensbos, near Heerde, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 8466. SKY LARK.
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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 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36743988
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 3555092
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37479451
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20617624 / O-804622
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Manchester Airport, New Hampshire
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 26 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8466 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
