42-3438
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UPL 19949
Photo of B-17 Flying Fortress 42-3438 taken in England before the final mission on October 30, when the plane crashed into the sea. The smoke-tank can be seen below the fuselage and you can also see how the fin and top side of the plane has been painted yellow (the drones had previously been painted white) for better visibility from the control plane. Photo USAF.
Delivered Denver 23/6/43; Dow Fd 19/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-F] Snetterton 20/7/43; transferred 36BS for Radio Counter Measures, Sculthorpe 1944. Missing in Action Heligoland 30/10/44, with Lts with Gaither & W. Dunnuck. Intended for submarine pens of Heligoland. Due to bad weather target could not be seen and A/C was re-directed towards Berlin but the plane run out of fuel somewhere over North sea and crashed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Winfarthing
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 30 October 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Buckley AFB, Aurora, CO, USA | 23 June 1943 | Delivered to USAAF Denver Field 23/6/43. |
Assigned |
Snetterton, Norwich, Norfolk NR16, UK | 20 July 1943 | Assigned 337th BS, 96th BG Snetterton 20/7/43. |
Crashed |
North Sea | 30 October 1944 | Missing in Action - Aphrodite target - Heligoland 30/10/44. Command crew Lts W C Gaither & W M Dunnuck baled out over UK. Intended for submarine pens of Heligoland. Due to bad weather target could not be seen and A/C was re-directed towards Berlin but the plane run out of fuel somewhere over North sea and crashed. |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA | Built at Douglas Long Beach. | |
Other Transferred |
Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21, UK | Transferred to 36th BS for Radio Counter Measures, Sculthorpe 44. | |
Other Transferred |
Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK | Transferred to Project Aphrodite. |
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