42-30131

Delivered Cheyenne 15-Apr-43; Gore 25-Apr-43; Sioux City 30-Apr-43; Kearney 4-May-43; Bangor 20-May-43; 9-Jun-43.

Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Q] Grafton Underwood.



Involved in mid-air collision over base with 42-30036 during practice flight 9-Sep-43 with Pilot: Francis Witt,

Co-pilot: T.L. Carter,

Navigator: Arthur Harris,

Bombardier: Joe Derer,

Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Boyd Titman,

Radio Operator: Bill Sears,

passengers:

Frank Brasiel,

Cyril Knapek,

Ed Miller



(9 Returned to Duty).



Repaired and transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 17-Jul-43, for modification in preparation to accompany RAF Halifaxes on Meteorological duties 1CCRC Bovingdon, Herts.



Transferred RAF 517 Sq, St Eval, Cornwall, Sep-43.



Missing in Action from RAF Brawdy, Pembroke on Met. Flight over English Channel, Torquay-Cherbourg 2-Feb-44 - 8KOM MACR 2250



P 2LT Robert H Grafton (KOM); CP 2LT Ralph E. Williams (KOM)

N 2LT Casper M. Durgin, Jr. (KOM); E/TTG TSGT Louis Feller (KOM)

RO SSGT Angelo M. Nicoletti; G SSGT Tillman O. Lawr (KOM)

G SGT Charles Green (KOM); Met. Obs. RAF Sgt John Edward Bartle Pye (KOM)

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Passenger
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-120976 / O-2044841
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059532 / O-731364
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Service Numbers: O-685561
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Service Numbers: 12014594
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Places

Missions

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

1 April 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Converted dates in Description to USAAF military-style signification; Added crew position, rank, full porper name and disposition and formatted crew display per MACR 2250.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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