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media-16578.jpeg UPL 16578 384th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 16578

Delivered Long Beach 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 20/3/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43.

Missing in Action Hamburg 25/6/43 with Maj Selden Longley McMillin, Co-pilot: James Smith, Navigator: Capt James Foister, Bombardier: Francis Meyers, Radio Operator: John Reichwein, Ball turret gunner: Lynn Jones, Waist gunner: Dave Pratt, Waist gunner: Stanley MacArthur, Tail gunner: Arthur Nelson (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Robert Buckley (Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft, crashed Smallbroek, SW of Beilen, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 16357 and 16299.

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

544th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

547th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert H Buckley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19074146
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

James H Foister

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Navigator

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing cold weather flying gear.

Lester Olaf Hegstad

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-670736
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Lynn Tilton Jones

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19074146
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Stanley W MacArthur

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32373547
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 67

Date: 25 June 1943

VIII Bomber Command 65

Date: 22 June 1943

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Failed to Return (FTR)	Hollland	25 June 1943	Failed to Return Comments: Group lead. Bombed primary on wing lead. Lost altitude near coast of England, one engine out and another smoking. Crashed at Smallbroek, The Netherlands. MACR 16357 (and 16299). Maj. Selden Longley McMillin was awarded the Silver Star for this action.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hollland

25 June 1943

Failed to Return Comments: Group lead. Bombed primary on wing lead. Lost altitude near coast of England, one engine out and another smoking. Crashed at Smallbroek, The Netherlands. MACR 16357 (and 16299). Maj. Selden Longley McMillin was awarded the Silver Star for this action.