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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12158273
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Passenger
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 20th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15096513 at enlistment, then O-797215
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 28 February 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
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. |
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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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Sources
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