42-97447
Object Number - UPL 19242 - B-17G 42-97447 BG-E, 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 17/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Bangor 9/12/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 15/12/43; 9m Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Henry Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Kerestes, Radio Operator: Don Cowdery, Ball turret gunner: Mike Semerski, Waist gunner: Art Wardell, Waist gunner: Bill Jackson,Tail gunner: Harry Trouse (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Chas Prince, Navigator: Bob Sullivan, Bombardier: Earl Broxup (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandlecht, near Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2547.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686181
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11072609
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
![The wreck of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100046) of the 389th Bomb Group, 2 October 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-2-7-61SC)(2-10-44)(A/C No. 2100046 - B-24)." Handwritten on reverse: '389BG. Taverham.' On reverse: John H. Woolnough [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414027.jpg.webp?itok=dBtsEDls)
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
- Date: 21 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Denver, CO | 17 November 1943 | |
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Assigned |
Horham Airfield, UK | 15 December 1943 | 95BG 334BS |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Brandlecht, Germany | 10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crashed Brandlecht, near Nordhorn, Germany. (3 x POW, 7 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR 2547. |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
AAM DB Entry.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
