B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F-40-DL #42-3230 "Yankee Powerhouse" Code: JD-U 384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF
Paul "Nick" Carter of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Richard Carrington Crew 384th BG - 545th BS Standing Left to Right: Harvey Esty (CP), Richard Carrington (P), Michael Smithwick (B), Robin Taber (N) Kneeling Left to Right: Walter Parkins (TG), Joseph Scholand (WG), Arthur Brittain (R/O), Floyd M. Wright (WG), Winford Smalley (BTG), Phllip Schmidlapp (FE) Crew of the 'YANKEE POWERHOUSE II'
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-U] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Drewry Wofford, Co-pilot: Bob Palton, Navigator: Malcolm McDonald, Bombardier: George Kyriakopoulous, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Dvorshek, Radio Operator: Harvey Wiegand, Ball turret gunner: Morris Merrifield, Waist gunner: Paul Carter, Waist gunner: Joe Barrett,Tail gunner: Henry Reher (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Weiler, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 293. MARY KATHLEEN aka YANKEE POWERHOUSE II.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, Drewry Fry Wofford Crew. 3 combat missions.
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3231 'The Inferno', Prisoner of War (POW).
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, D Wofford Crew.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, D Wofford Crew. 3 combat missions.
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-3230 'Mary Kathleen'. Prisoner of War.
MACR 293
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, D Wofford Crew (as KYRIAKOPOULOUS). 3 combat missions.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, Drewry Fry Wofford Crew. 3 combat missions.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, Drewry Fry Wofford Crew. 3 combat missions.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3230 'Mary Kathleen', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3231 'The Inferno', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, D Wofford Crew. 3 combat missions.
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28 June 1943
The primary specific target for this mission are the lock gates at St. Nazaire, France to be attacked by two separate formations and also another force is despatched to bomb the German airfield at Beaumon Le Roger, France. A formation of 120 B-17s of...
4 July 1943
The aircraft factories at Le Mans and Nantes, France and the lock gates and harbour facilities at La Pallice, France are the primary targets for this mission. The mission is comprised of three elements:
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24 July 1943
Three targets in Norway are the primary targets for this first mission flown by 8th AIr Force to Norway. They are the nitrate works at Heroya and the port areas at Trondheim and Bergen. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (22)...
29 July 1943
The primary targets for this mission are the port facilities at Kiel, Germany and the Heinkel aircraft factories at Warnemunde, Germany. A combined force of 168 B-17s from: 91BG (18); 92BG (14 these included 1 Y-B40 gunship); 305BG (19); 306BG (18);...
12 August 1943
This mission is separated into two elements. The first element is a combined force of 183 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division: 91BG (22); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (20); and 384BG (20) are dispatched to bomb...
17 August 1943
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Cheyenne AAF, Wyoming | 3 April 1943 |
| Assigned | Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK | 29 May 1943 |
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384BG |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Weiler, Germany | 17 August 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 30 October 2020 20:33:45 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames, markings, events and mission associations |
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https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/20915/category/F42-3230 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 293 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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