42-30032 Sky Queen

media-28494.jpeg UPL 28494 The nose has the same features as a b-17F

Nicknames
"Sky Queen"
Production block number
B-17F-85-BO Fortress

Object Number - UPL 28494 - The nose has the same features as a b-17F

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 6/6/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-D] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Bill Dietel, Co-pilot: Jacques Riddel, Navigator: Herb Funk, Bombardier: Clyde Davis, Ball turret gunner: Larry Dunmeyer, Waist gunner: Ed Amory, Waist gunner: Jack Mason, Tail gunner: Wyman Martin, obs-Lt Ken Dutton (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howie Adams, Radio Operator: Salvatore Perrotti (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft Ko’d #3, crashed Kortwoude, near Opeinde, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 15165. SKY QUEEN.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Twelve men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Seven men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16051094
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Twelve men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Seven men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32226989
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734435
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Twelve men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Seven men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665286
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hollland 28 July 1943

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hollland 28 July 1944

Revisions

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

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Corrected the spelling of the pilot's last name in the description.

Date
Contributorlaurenmcd88
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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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