42-5853 Salvage Queen
Object Number - UPL 64878 - Alexander J. Bredacs, Navigator, 547th Bomb Squad, 384th Bomb Group. KIA 22 June 1943, 42-5853, Mission No. 65
Delivered Long Beach 22/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 20/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; Missing in Action Antwerp 22/6/43 with Fred Disney, Tail gunner: Joe Kilb, Waist gunner: Jim Knutson (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dan DiThomas, Navigator: Alex Bredacs, Bombardier: Bernarr Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Hammond, Radio Operator: Maryville Galloway, Ball turret gunner: Bob Linehan, Waist gunner: Clarry Stewart (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 14667/8. SALVAGE QUEEN.
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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
- Service Numbers: O-795190
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-403534
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736490
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34360049
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/ Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052869
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 22 June 1943 |
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 14668 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database