42-30212 Quarterback
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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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36402148
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32552938
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675273
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-674216
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
- Date: 14 January 1944
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 29 April 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 17 June 1943 | 388 BG 562 BS |
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Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 17 July 1943 | |
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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. |
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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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