42-30212 Quarterback
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Chris Brassfield
Object Number - UPL 7429 - B-17F-90-BO #42-30212 "Quarterback"
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 14/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; transferred Aphrodite project, Missing in Action V-sites, Watten 6/8/44 with Lt Joeseph P Andrecheck & T/Sgt Raymond Healy (2 Returned to Duty). Had control problems and dived into sea. QUARTERBACK.
Aphrodite 'Mother' ship B-17 43-37637 6-8-44.
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- Date: 24 July 1943
![The damaged wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29886) of the 379th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '71689 AC - The wing of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 229886) was badly damaged during a mission over enemy territory on 17 July 1943. 379th Bomb Group, England. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413502.jpg?itok=dOcLeXIW)
- Date: 17 July 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 29 April 1943 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 17 June 1943 | 388 BG 562 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 17 July 1943 | |
Other Final 388th BG Combat Mission |
Paris, France | 4 June 1944 | Completed 41 missions (plus 14 aborts) before being transferred to the Aphrodite project. Was forced to abort her last 5 missions in a row and 8 of her final 10 missions. |
Crashed |
English Channel near Watten, France | 6 August 1944 | Aphrodite drone A/C launched on V1 missile site Watten 6-8-44. Control crew Lt Joseph P Andrecheck & T/Sgt Raymond Healy baled out sucessfully. Had control problems and dived into sea. |
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