42-39845 Hulcher's Vultures

media-30827.jpeg UPL 30827 42-39845 "Hulcher's Vultures" (388th BG 563rd BS - 53 missions) MIA on Dessau 28 may 44 with Fjelsted ' crew (10 POW macr 5317).

Object Number - UPL 30827 - 42-39845 "Hulcher's Vultures" (388th BG 563rd BS - 53 missions) MIA on Dessau 28 may 44 with Fjelsted ' crew (10 POW macr 5317).

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 7/10/43; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Marquis Fjelsted, Co-pilot: Bill Hudson, Navigator: Herb Honlihan, Bombardier: Chester Tracewaki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McBrien, Radio Operator: Ed Stringer, Ball turret gunner: George Hoover, Waist gunner: John Shatz, Waist gunner: Harry McCarty,Tail gunner: John Perry (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd two engines, force landed a mile from Weira, 31 miles SW of Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5317. HULCHER’S VULTURES.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671212
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-744261
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36258857 / O-812965
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12181481
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702435
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Long Beach, CA, USA 18 September 1943

Assigned

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 7 October 1943 388 BG 563 BS

Other

First 388th BG Combat Mission

Gelsenkirchen, Germany 19 November 1943 Flew 50 combat missions (plus 3 aborts) including the mission she was shot down

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

07806 Weira, Germany 28 May 1944 - 28 May 1944 Forced crash landing after 2 engines were shot out

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5317 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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