42-102448 Mexican Hay Ride

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 545Bomb Squadron/384Bomb Group, Squadron Code [JD-P] Grafton Underwood on 15/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Pilot James Andrew "Jim" Bouvier, Co-pilot: Robert Green, Navigator: Harry Gantert, Bombardier: Louis Silk, Radio Operator: Ralph Andrews, Ball turret gunner: William Neal, Waist gunner: Jack King, Waist gunner: John Jones, Tail gunner: Robert William Morgan (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Casimir Wagner (KIA - shot by ME109 on way down); enemy aircraft, crashed Stackelitz, nine miles NW of Coswig-Anhalt, 37 miles SW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4242.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ralph Cash Andrews

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14109029
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

James Andrew Bouvier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813841
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Harold Francis Gantert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703977
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert J Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-753877
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John E Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39205908
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

327

  • Date: 29 April 1944

322

  • Date: 27 April 1944

323

  • Date: 27 April 1944

315

  • Date: 24 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

311

  • Date: 22 April 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 April 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

 

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?Aircraf…

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Contributorbombercommand
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384thbombgroup.com

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database