42-3440 Broadway Rose
Object Number - UPL 19962 - B-17F 42-3440 [SU-B, SU-P], "BROADWAY ROSE" March 44, 544th BS, 384th BG, 8AF. Grafton Underwood.
Delivered Denver 13/6/43; Dow Fd 29/7/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-B] Grafton Underwood 6/6/43; transferred Azon/Aphrodite duties, Knettishall 8/6/44; Salvaged n/battle damaged 25/5/45. BROADWAY ROSE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-735155
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741973
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672350
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Passenger
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Winfarthing
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 16 August 1943
- Date: 19 August 1943
- Date: 27 August 1943
- Date: 6 September 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 6 June 1943 | Assigned 544th BS, 384th BG 6/6/43. |
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Delivered |
Buckley AFB, Aurora, CO, USA | 13 June 1943 | Delivered USAAF Denver Fld 13/6/43. |
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Crashed |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 19 November 1943 | Taxiing accident Grafton Underwood/Sta 106, Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Walter L Harvey, 19-11-43. 544BS 384BG 8AF |
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Other Transferred |
Knettishall, Diss, Suffolk IP22, UK | 8 June 1944 | Transferred Azon/Aphrodite duties, Fitted out as Baby ship [Drone] 8/6/44. |
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Other Transferred |
Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK | 5 July 1944 | Transferred Azon/Aphrodite duties, 5/7/44. |
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Other Salvaged |
England, UK | 25 May 1945 | Salvaged non/battle damaged 25/5/45. |
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Manufactured |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Built at Douglas Tulsa. |
Revisions
AAIR 43-11-18-518 / Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
