42-97273 Aces & Ates

media-7453.jpeg UPL 7453 Nose art on 42-97273

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Object Number - UPL 7453 - Nose art on 42-97273

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Dalhart 1/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 9/4/44; detailed Leipzig 7/7/44 with Nick Pranger, Co-pilot: Kenneth Vaden, Navigator: Edward Cheresnik, Bombardier: Charles Wolf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cameron Brooker, Radio Operator: Ralph Meyer, Ball turret gunner: Earle Browne, Waist gunner: John Sullivan (8 Returned to Duty), Tail gunner: Hugh Kidwell (Prisoner of War); subject to violent prop wash over Holland, tail gunner thought ship was doomed, bailed out and was captured near Meppel;

Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with James Edward Roseborough, Co-pilot: Vincent DePaul Matlack Jr., Radio Operator: Howard Emerson Ford, Waist gunner: Victor Douglas Brecht (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Seymour Gerald Saslow, Bombardier: John Joseph Fletcher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Roy Bedsted, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Henry Gerhold, Tail gunner: Louis Edward Raines (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 after bombs away, the aircraft spun down slowly and crashed near Munich; Missing Air Crew Report 7568. Aces & ATES!

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35727131
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner/Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35733061
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36811354
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37500292
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hollland 7 July 1944

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 July 1944

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Greg Hichens

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7454 / MACR 7568 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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