42-5838 Mad Money II
Object Number - UPL 28330
Delivered Long Beach 13/3/43; Denver 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 2/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-P] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44 with Bill Kaczaraba, Co-pilot: Myron Morgan, Navigator: Marvin Horsky, Bombardier: Theo Wirth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Honeycutt, Radio Operator: Wilbur Peifer, Ball turret gunner: Sol Craden, Waist gunner: Pete Parker, Waist gunner: Harry Gilrane, Tail gunner: George Polley (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Asnaes, three miles SW of Kalunborg, Sjaelland, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 1483. MAD MONEY II.
B-17 was lost on January 4th, 1944 on mission to Kiel (hit by Flak over target, belly landing on Asnaes Peninsula, Denmark, southwest of Kalundborg). MACR 1483. Crew: 10 POW.
Connections
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Units served with
![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
![The insignia of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395079.jpg?itok=qN83FtJ5)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-30399.png?itok=R8u8y42u)
- 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
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-30399.png?itok=R8u8y42u)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735170
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot : Bombardier
![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/2023-10/20111230091055-13c450e6-me.jpg?itok=BwFXAYF6)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12053073
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing cold weather flying gear.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20111230091216-e3644d17-me.jpg?itok=WLn2NLRO)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0–672341
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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
Missions
- Date: 4 January 1944
![Technical Sergeant Edward Fee of the 91st Bomb Group enjoys a cup of coffee surrounded by his comrades at Bassingbourn after his final mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-27150 AC - HQ 8th AAF Photo Section, 20 Dec 1943. Ovation on Return. Congratulated on the completion of his tour of "Ops", T/Sgt. Edward Fee (holding cup), 30, of Charlestown, Mass., is surrounded by flying mates as he awaits interrogation. T/Sgt. Fee, holder of Air Medal and slated for the DFC, is aerial engineer of Fortres](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408263.jpg?itok=lW84xLKS)
- Date: 22 December 1943
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-19376.jpeg?itok=W1geJvEN)
- Date: 20 December 1943
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-22680.jpeg?itok=oKqaBU20)
- Date: 13 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg?itok=vqYd9b1f)
- Date: 11 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 August 1923 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1483 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database