384th Bomb Group B-17F AIRCRAFT 41-24578

Aircraft: 41-24578, Old Reliable
Production Block: B-17F-25-BO
Squadron: 547th
Squadron Code: SO*U
Maintenance Crew Chief: Not Known
Last Pilot: Yelvington
Start Date: 7 October 1943
End Date: 15 March 1944
Reason: Transferred
Comments: Returned to USA 4/10/44
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21 COMBAT MISSIONS FLOWN BY THIS B-17F AIRCRAFT 41-24578

Number Date Target Crew Results Comments
3320 October 1943Marshalling Yards
Duren, Germany
Crew Unknown41-24578 Old Reliable; ass 305BG Presque Is 10/19/42; GU 10/25/42; tran 384BG GU SO*U 10/7/43; perhaps also named Problem Child; KD 76-F
343 November 1943Port Area
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Crew Unknown- None -
355 November 1943Industry
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Crew Unknown- None -
391 December 1943Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Solingen, Germany
Crew UnknownFlying Spare
4213 December 1943Port Area
Bremen, Germany
Crew UnknownPlane aborted
4316 December 1943Port Area
Bremen, Germany
Crew Unknownturned back at 1247 hrs; #4 engine leaking oil badly; #3 supercharger inoperative at 20,000 ft; #2 prop ran away (split oil line) and had to be feathered; bombed an island.
4624 December 1943V-1 site
Croisette-Abbeville, France
Crew Unknown- None -
4730 December 1943I. G. Farben Industrie
Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants
Ludwigshaven, Germany
Crew Unknownaborted near Molesworth; #3 supercharger defective
4831 December 1943'Orsone' (name of ship)
Blockade Runner
[Mouth of River Garonne], France
Crew UnknownFlying Spare
494 January 1944Port Area
Kiel, Germany
Crew Unknown- None -
505 January 1944Port Area
Kiel, Germany
Crew Unknown- None -
517 January 1944Powerhouse
Ludwigshaven, Germany
Crew Unknown- None -
5421 January 1944V-1 Site
Preuseville & Promervial, France
Crew Unknown- None -
5529 January 1944Aircraft Parts Plants/Rail Yards
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Crew UnknownLow Grp
5630 January 1944Aircraft Factory
Brunswick, Germany
Crew Unknownaborted at Burnham due to #3 engine oil pressure dropping to 30 lbs and becoming erratic; cylinder head tempurature on #1 engine ran high with flaps open
573 February 1944Submarines (under construction)
Shipyards
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Crew UnknownLd Grp
6320 February 1944Aircraft Industry
Leipzig, Germany
Crew UnknownGrp B
6421 February 1944Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Aircraft
Werl, Germany
Crew UnknownGrp A
6522 February 1944Junkers Plant
Aircraft Fuselage Plant
Aschersleben, Germany
Crew UnknownGrp B; LA at Kimbolton due to fuel shortage
6624 February 1944Ball-Bearing Plant
Schweinfurt, Germany
Crew UnknownGrp B; No. 2 supercharger ran away and engine began losing oil and smoking; could not be feathered;
6725 February 1944Assembly Plant
Aircraft Factory
Augsburg, Germany
Crew UnknownGrp B; 1 BAD Burtonwood 3/15/44; retUS Amarillo 5/21/44; WO 11/28/44


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