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B-17 Flying Fortress
384th Bombardment Group KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
The insignia of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
384th Bomb Group White Triangle, Black P, Late 1943 to Early 1944 *
Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-F] Chelveston 18/5/43; Transferred to the 547th Bombardment squadron, squadron code SO-Q, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 19 September 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Bremen, Germany on 26 November 1943 with Pilot-Leslie Otho Amundsen, Navigator-Frank Faragasso, Bombardier-Robert Vincent Coughlin, Radio Operator-Murray Max, Flexible Gunner-Howard, Frank Chairet , Co-pilot-William Theodore Marcollo, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Lawrence F. Lord, Ball Turret Gunner-James Michael Culloty, Waist Gunner Charles Emil Zesch and Tail Gunner-Cecil William Brown were all captured and became Prisoners of War (10 POW). Shot down by enemy aircraft and force landed near Donkerbroek, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #1662.
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 | Second Lieutenant | 1091 B-17 Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29987. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft 1. MACR 1662
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft 4
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 1
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29987. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft 1.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #4229987. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft 1
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29987, Prisoner of War (POW).
26 November 1943
The industrial areas of Bremen, Germany are the target for this massive mission (largest to date) of 505 B-17s which included 14 B-17 Pathfinders from 482BG spread among the B-17 formations - 13 of these completed the mission and 7 were damaged.
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Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) | Mediterranean Sea | 26 November 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2015 22:41:21 | bombercommand | Changes to description |
| Sources | ||
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?AircraftK... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 July 2015 22:36:53 | bombercommand | Changes to description, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
| Sources | ||
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?AircraftK... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1662 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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