42-31871
Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 23/1/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-T] Grafton Underwood 21/2/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Bill La Seur, Co-pilot: Joe Lessig, Navigator: Bill Howell, Bombardier: Phillip Loh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John O’Brien, Radio Operator: Jim Hay, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gormley, Waist gunner: Rich Harper, Waist gunner: Dorrance Froment,Tail gunner: Gene Gardner (10INT); flak, lost #1 & #2, force landed Dubendorf A/fd, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3485.
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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 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15108459
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-684311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 18 March 1944
- Date: 16 March 1944
- Date: 9 March 1944
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 18 March 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3485 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database