42-30196 Sad Sack
Olive Drab over gray.
Angled cheek gun positions of late block F-90-BO. 384th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 38839 - Sad Sack 42-30196 of 384th BG. Olive Drab over gray. Angled cheek gun positions of late block F-90-BO.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-V] Grafton Underwood 23/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Larry Keller, Co-pilot: Marion Odell, Navigator: Jerome Hart, Bombardier: Ken Gross, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgilio Jacoby, Ball turret gunner: Harry McLean (6 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Wallie Vansandt, Waist gunner: John Maloney, Waist gunner: Pete Motiaytis,Tail gunner: Chas Jellings (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bischbrunn, near Markt Heidenfeldt, 18 miles W of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 839. SAD SACK.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671962
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60144
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 30 July 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 - 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 839 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database