42-30076
Crashed near Wilhelminadorp on June 22nd 1943
Delivered Denver 6/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-V] Grafton Underwood 4/6/43; Missing in Action 1 Huls 22/6/43 with Bob Oblinski, Co-pilot: Harry Swift, Navigator: Rich Grandpre, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ollie Reed, Ball turret gunner: George Werbernac, Waist gunner: Bill Counihan (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Douglas Turner, Radio Operator: Ernie Trickett (killed in fighter attack), Waist gunner: George Waterman, Tail gunner: Harry Cooke (chute failed) (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft damage with three engines out, crashed Wilhelminadoorp, on S. Beveland Is, Hol; first group loss. Missing Air Crew Report 2165.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34430596
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797308
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733710
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Belgium | 22 June 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database