42-37727 Elise
Delivered Denver 11/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 10/10/43; 1 BAD 23/10/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-Z] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Comus Penney, Bombardier: Harvey Pinger, Radio Operator: Roland Parsons, Ball turret gunner: Chas McClure, Waist gunner: Mercer Nickles, Waist gunner: John Kohl,Tail gunner: Walt Hunt (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Furber, Navigator: Bob Huber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Allen Gregerson (3 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Rohrsen, near Eimbeckhausen, 16 miles SW of Hanover, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2265.
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Units served with
![Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395045.jpg?itok=caWLp9v9)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395075.jpg?itok=Z2H16PVo)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-25779.jpeg?itok=E5y2kpR2)
- 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
- Service Numbers: O-676530
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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- 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
![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20111230091215-ee979d7e-me_1.jpg?itok=-gnvXmYj)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
![Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-258.jpg?itok=i-QQOssr)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
![Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-94.jpg?itok=WdxJYMU6)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-19499.jpeg?itok=6Jm0e50A)
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-29948.jpeg?itok=v0yyvj-4)
- Date: 11 January 1944
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-44034.jpeg?itok=_xcRW9eB)
- Date: 7 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 30 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2265 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database