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media-395076.jpg FRE 5133 The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Delivered to Denver 23/1/43; Homestead 25/2/43; Assigned to the 303rd Bomb Group Molesworth, 9 April 1943; 369th Bomb Squadron/306th Bomb Group [WW-U] Thurleigh; 544th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [SU-H] Station 106, Grafton Underwood; Missing in Action on Mission #91 to Stuttgart, 6 September 1943 with James Joseph McMahon Jr., Co-pilot: Rudolph P. Froeschle, Navigator: Lesta E. Shackelford, Bombardier: Arthur R. Dinndorf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Robert Fred Stahlhut, Radio Operator: Marcus E. Carr, Ball turret gunner: John H. Tripp, Waist gunner: James E Savage, Waist gunner: Schley H. Jessup (9 Prisoner of War),Tail gunner: George J. Kemp (evaded capture); no gas, crashed Dorviller/Elvange, 15 miles East of Metz, France. Missing Air Crew Report 773.

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David W Wheeler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 11th Station Complement Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-436023
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot; Squadron Leader

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Delivered	Denver, CO, USA	23 January 1943 - 25 February 1943	Delivered for modification
Transferred	Homestead, FL, USA	25 February 1943 - 9 April 1943	Moved to Homestead
Assigned	Molesworth, Huntingdon England, UK	9 April 1943 - 15 May 1943	303rd Bomb Group
Transferred	Thurleigh, Bedford, England, UK	15 May 1943 - 1 August 1943	306th Bomb Group, 369th Bomb Squadron
Transferred	Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK	1 August 1943 - 6 September 1943	384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron
Crashed	Dorviller, Flétrange, France	6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943	MIA on mission to Stuttgart.  The ship lost two engines from flak damage and the crew bailed out when the ship ran out of gas. MACR 773.