42-5444 We Dood It

media-25677.jpeg UPL 25677 B-17F-50-BO 42-5444 "We Dood It"
Chaplain, Captain Billy Method giving blessing Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 25677 - B-17F-50-BO 42-5444 "We Dood It" Chaplain, Captain Billy Method giving blessing

Delivered Tulsa 10/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Molesworth 2/6/43; 403AD Langford Lodge 5/7/43; 545BS/384BG [JD-N] Grafton Underwood 11/8/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Burton Ross, Navigator: Art Caziani, Bombardier: Jim Seibel, Radio Operator: Ed Davis, Ball turret gunner: Bob Ralph, Waist gunner: J. T. Bishop, Waist gunner: Tom Vezina (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Francis Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Bartholomew, Tail gunner: Bob Grimes (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, blew up and crashed Minden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2263. WE DOOD IT!

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665266
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735966
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39096585
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14104331
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683176
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa, Oklahoma 10 December 1942 - 10 December 1942

Assigned

RAF Molesworth 2 June 1943 - 2 August 1943 303BG 360BS

Assigned

Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK 11 August 1943 384BG 545BS

Other

Shot Down by German Fighters

Oberkirchen, Germany 30 January 1944 - 30 January 1944 Low group high Squadron. Last seen at 1146 hrs, six minutes before the IP, being attacked by FW 190s and began falling away from the formation where he burst into flames, but continued on and dropped bombs on target; three chutes seen to emerge; crashed near Oberkirchen, Germany. Casualties buried in Meinsen. MACR 2263

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Contributorbombercommand
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384thbombgroup.com

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2263 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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