Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-10-DL: 42-37721 to 42-37803 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 384th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 547th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | SO-G |
| MACR: | 3243 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by enemy aircraft (16 March 1944) |
| Missions: | 19 |
History of
B-17 42-37801 / The Duchess aka Dynamite Express
Delivered Denver 2/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 25/11/43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 16/3/44 with Edwin Ledbetter, Co-pilot: Tom Miles, Navigator: Elvin Noxon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon Neves, Radio Operator: Bob Webster, Ball turret gunner: Jim Walsh{fractured thigh}, Waist gunner: Ralph Haught,Tail gunner: Roy Cook (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Ed Poremba, Waist gunner: Jim Johnson (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed N of Lhuitre, six miles S of Mailly-le-Camp, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3243. THE DUCHESS aka DYNAMITE EXPRESS.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 31 December 2018
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