42-30033 Little America
Object Number - UPL 7461 - 42-30033 Nose Art, "Little America"
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned to the 547BS/384BG [S0-G] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43, then the 546BS [BK-G]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Maj Maurice Stanley Dillingham, Co-pilot: Edmund Samuel Goulder, Navigator: Arthur Claude Harris, Bombardier: William Boomhower, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edward Arthur Thomasson, Radio Operator: William Francis Sears, Waist gunner: Paul Ralph Saunders, Waist gunner: Michael Joseph Vodilko, Tail gunner: L T Ernest Marshall Boyce Jr. (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Claude Robert Leslie (evaded capture); mechanical problems, crashed Prum, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 1335. LITTLE AMERICA. This aircraft was credited with 22 combat missions with the 384th.
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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 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665266
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14090837 and O-673460
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-727080
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
![An Illustration of the Wilhelmshaven raid, 3 November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: '10 Nov 1943.' [stamp], '292478.'[Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE BIGGEST EVER DAY RAID: By US Fortresses and Liberators on Wilhelmshaven- escorted all the way by fighters. Special Sphere drawings. THE SCENE OVER WILHELMSHAVEN JUST AS OUT BOMBERS WERE LEAVING THE TARGET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 3RD. AFTER THE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID EVER CARRIED OUT OVER GERMANY. IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THIS DRAWING, LIGHTNING](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-418517.jpg.webp?itok=KjJP-yi2)
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 1 December 1943 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1335 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
