B-17F 42-30030

Aircraft Details

Serial Number:	42-30030
Name:	OLD IRONSIDES
Manufacturer:	Built by the Boeing Airplane Company, B-17F-80-BO, Camouflage
Squadron:	546th Bombardment Squadron (H)
Squadron ID Code:	546th‑BK*E
Ground Crew Chief:	Francis, Percy Tom
Start Date:	1 April 1943. Original AC.
Missions:	This aircraft was credited with 4 combat missions with the 384th.
End Date:	31 July 1943. Transferred: Sent to 2 SAD, Little Staughton.
Photo Album:	Aircraft 42-30030 Photo Album⇗
History:	42-30030 Delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming for modification on 2 April 1943; Sioux City, Iowa on 13 April 1943; Kearney, Nebraska on 4 May 1943; Bangor, Maine on 23 May 1943. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-F, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 29 May 1943; damaged in a mid-air collision w/Elwood Kowalski on 12 June 1943. Repaired and flew 4 combat missions with the 384th Bombardment Group. Transferred to the Second strategic Air Depot (2 SAD), Little Staughton, station 127 on 31 July 1943; then to the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group. MIA on a mission to La Rochelle, France on 16 September 1943 w/Henry Nagorka, cp-Gil Parker, n-John Leverone, b-Mike Mahoney, ettg-Ed Kiesler, ro-Francis Antalek, btg-Bob Blankenburg, tg-Jack Harris{lost leg in ditching} (8RTD); wg-Ed Christensen, wg-Claude Whitehead (2KIA); no gas, ditched near the Farne Islands, Northumberland; survivors reached St Cutherbert?s Island in their dinghy. MACR #16289, Aircraft Name: OLD IRONSIDES.
Bits & Pieces:	230030 384 546 BK E/F 28 03 43 AI 28 05 43 AOS 29 05 43 G 31 07 43 2 SAD See: BISA 259 230030 388 560 A Old Ironsides 28 03 43 AI 28 05 43 AOS 00 00 43 G 16 09 43 FUEL DIT North Sea - Lt Henry J. Nagorka - 2 KIA, 8 RTD See: HUNA 28 - HUNB 37 - NASA A61553AC
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B-17F Aircraft 42-30030 Was Assigned To 9 Missions Manned by 384th BG Personnel,
Earning Combat Credit For 4 Of Them
Number	Date	Target	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
--	23 June 1943	Bernay-Saint-Martin, France, RECALLED	Mission Recalled	Sortie Report ⇗
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation. Sortie Report ⇗
3⇗	26 June 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Completed Mission	Group Lead. Sortie Report ⇗
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Completed Mission	Wing Deputy and High Squadron Lead. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30073. Sortie Report ⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Completed Mission	Sortie Report ⇗
7⇗	10 July 1943	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑3222. Sortie Report ⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High Squadron Deputy. Turned back at 1435 hrs at Splasher 5 because prop on #2 engine ran away. Sortie Report ⇗
12⇗	29 July 1943	Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany	Completed Mission	Sortie Report ⇗