42-3231 The Inferno
384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF
Shot down 12 August 1943
Object Number - UPL 45633 - B-17F-40-DL #42-3231 "The Inferno" Code: JD-M 384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF Shot down 12 August 1943
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 28/5/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Capt Rich Carrington, Co-pilot: Harvey Esty, Navigator: Robin Taber, Bombardier: Capt Mike Smithwick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Schmidlapp, Waist gunner: Joe Scholand (6 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Art Brittain, Ball turret gunner: Win Smalley, Waist gunner: Floyd Wingate,Tail gunner: Walt Parkins (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Erfstadt, near Liblar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 287. THE INFERNO.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13096046
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728581
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-567663
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095103 at enlistment, then O-797275
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672340
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Godfrey Army Airfield : Bangor Army Airfield : Dow AF Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
- Date: 26 September 1943
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 2 April 1943 - 25 May 1943 | For modification |
|
Delivered |
Bangor, ME,, USA | 25 May 1943 - 28 May 1943 | For move to England |
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Assigned |
Grafton Underwood Airfield, UK | 28 May 1943 - 12 August 1943 | 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squad |
|
Crashed |
Erftstadt, Germany | 12 August 1943 - 12 August 1943 | MIA on mission to Gelsenkirchen. Shot down by enemy aircraft. MACR 287 |
Revisions
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?Aircraf…
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/One384thAircraft.php?Aircraf…
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 287 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
