42-5850
Delivered Long Beach 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 20/3/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43.
Missing in Action Hamburg 25/6/43 with Maj Selden Longley McMillin, Co-pilot: James Smith, Navigator: Capt James Foister, Bombardier: Francis Meyers, Radio Operator: John Reichwein, Ball turret gunner: Lynn Jones, Waist gunner: Dave Pratt, Waist gunner: Stanley MacArthur, Tail gunner: Arthur Nelson (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Robert Buckley (Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft, crashed Smallbroek, SW of Beilen, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 16357 and 16299.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19074146
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670736
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19074146
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32373547
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 25 June 1943
- Date: 22 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 25 June 1943 | Failed to Return Comments: Group lead. Bombed primary on wing lead. Lost altitude near coast of England, one engine out and another smoking. Crashed at Smallbroek, The Netherlands. MACR 16357 (and 16299). Maj. Selden Longley McMillin was awarded the Silver Star for this action. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Additional detail added from :
MACR 16299 / MACR 16357 - http://www.fold3.com;
http://www.384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/SortieReport.php?SortieKe…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16357 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database