B-17G 42-107221

Aircraft Details

Serial Number:	42-107221
Name:	Not Known
Manufacturer:	Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, B-17G-35-DL, Natural Metal Finish
Squadron:	544th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	544th‑SU*J
Start Date:	2 May 1944. New Replacement AC.
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 13 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	21 June 1944. FLNT: Force-landed in Bultofta Airfield, Sweden, due to battle damage.
Related Documents:	Missing Air Crew Report # 5995⇓ (12.546 MB)
Photo Album:	No Photo Album For This Aircraft
History:	42-107221 Del Tulsa 28/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 17/4/44; Ass 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 2/5/44; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 w/Francis Finch, cp-Ollie Prior, n-Jack Dashev, b-Avon Robertson, ettg-Walt Schneider, ro-Larry Feyerabend, wg-Porter Eltzroth, btg-Rodin Kilpatrick, tg-Stan Schwartz, (9INT); flak, f/l Bulltofta, Swed; MACR 5995. RetUS Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 10/7/45; RFC Kingman 14/1/46.
Bits & Pieces:	2107221 384 544 SU J 30 03 44 AI 21 04 44 AOS 02 05 44 G 21 06 44 FTRINT AA Bulltofta, Sweden - F/O Francis N. Finch - 9 INT - MACR 5995 00 00 45 RG 14 01 46 Kingman, Arizona
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B-17G Aircraft 42-107221 Was Assigned To 14 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 13 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
108⇗	15 May 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗
114⇗	24 May 1944	Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany	Completed Mission	Lead Group. Sortie Report ⇗
116⇗	27 May 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Completed Mission	Low Group Lead. Sortie Report ⇗
119⇗	29 May 1944	Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland	Completed Mission	Lead Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report ⇗
121⇗	31 May 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Colmar, France	Completed Mission	Group Lead. Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102661. Sortie Report ⇗
129⇗	6 June 1944	Target: Highway Choke Point in City of Caen Type: Transportation Location: Caen, France	Completed Mission	Lead Squadron, Group lead. Sortie Report ⇗
131⇗	8 June 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D) Type: Transportation Location: Orleans, France	Completed Mission	41C Wing, High Group Lead. Sortie Report ⇗
134⇗	13 June 1944	Target: Dreux Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dreux, France	Completed Mission	Lead Group, Wing Deputy. Sortie Report ⇗
137⇗	16 June 1944	Target: Athies Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Laon, France	Completed Mission	High Group Deputy. Jettisoned bombs after target. Sortie Report ⇗
138⇗	18 June 1944	Target: Ölwerke Julius Humbles Type: Oil Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Completed Mission	41A Group. Sortie Report ⇗
139⇗	19 June 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
140⇗	19 June 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury & Crépy, France	Completed Mission	41B Group, High Squadron Lead. Sortie Report ⇗
141⇗	20 June 1944	Target: Oil Refineries Type: Oil Industry Location: Harburg (Hamburg area), Germany	Completed Mission	Lead Group. Sortie Report ⇗
142⇗	21 June 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Failed To Return	Low Group, High Squadron Lead. Landed in Sweden. Sortie Report ⇗