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B-17 Flying Fortress
42-107224 SU-Q, unnamed, 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
384th Bomb Group, Black Triangle, White P, Early 1944 to August 1944
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Sergeant William Isaac Sellars of the 384th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group [SU-Q] Grafton Underwood on 6 June 1944; on a training flight, 3 August 1944 with Howard A. Jung, Navigator: Thomas C. Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harold L. Perry, Radio Operator: William Isaac Sellars; crash landed at home base, station 106, when new pilot clipped trees when banking to line up runway on return to base. (four Killed in Service), Co-pilot: James Allan Vranna, survived. Aircraft was salvaged.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
Military | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot/Group Operations Officer/Squadron Commander | 384th Bomb Group
Original 544th BS CO, member of original cadre to form squadron.
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Military | Top Turret | 384th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
B-17 42-107224 SU-Q, crashed when unable to locate runway, after fog and darkness occurred, while slow-timing new engines.
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Plane crashed 4 August 1944 over base in England on a training mission.
Vranna was the only survivor.
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) B-17
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 May 2015 03:45:22 | bombercommand | Changes to markings, description, place associations and media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 May 2015 03:39:04 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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AAIR 44-08-03-517 / Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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