42-107083

Object Number - UPL 28346 - B-17 42-107083

Delivered Tulsa 15/2/44; Grenier 11/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 6/4/44; 546BS [BK-B]; Missing in Action Koblenz 27/12/44 with Elmer Nelson, Bill Horan, Marton Dobrow, Derald Melton, Edmund Zaleski, Tom Raught, Ken Rohr (7 Killed in Action); Tony Occhino, John Manicki (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Prum, Ger ; Missing Air Crew Report 11248.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35727131
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner/Tail Gunner
Man in Air Force uniform posed standing outdoors in front of wooden buildings.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37479451
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0-754409
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-719899
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-125744
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

  • Date: 27 December 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front.  Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.
  • Date: 18 December 1944
  • Date: 9 December 1944
  • Date: 6 December 1944
  • Date: 4 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 27 December 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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