42-39837 SC-L Red's Rogues

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Serial No:	42-39837
Model:	B-17G-1-VE
Manufacturer:	Lockheed/Vega Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA
Delivered:	09/14/1943
Assigned:	11/09/1943
Lost:	05/28/1944
Mission Lost:	Dessau (#77)
How Lost:	Ditched
Notes:	Forced to ditch in the North Sea. Cause of loss unknown. Due to a smooth sea and prompt and efficient rescue work, the crew of Lt. G. F. Carter was in the water only a few hours, and not one of them suffered serious injury. The crew was on their first mission over enemy territory.

Recorded Missions

#	Date	Mission	Crew
1	11/26/1943	Bremen (#1)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
2	12/05/1943	Paris (#3)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
3	12/11/1943	Emden (#4)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
4	12/13/1943	Kiel (#5)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
5	12/20/1943	Bremen (#6)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
6	12/22/1943	Osnabruck (#7)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
7	12/24/1943	Gorenflos (#8)	William J. Kelly Crew #1
8	01/04/1944	Kiel (#11)	Robert P. Walsh Crew #1
9	01/05/1944	Tours (#12)	Robert L. Stelzer Crew #1
10	01/30/1944	Brunswick (#18)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
11	02/03/1944	Wilhelmshaven (#19)	Harry J. Hershey Crew #1
12	02/04/1944	Frankfurt (#20)	Marion O. Hagan Jr. Crew #1
13	02/05/1944	Chatearoux (#21)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
14	02/06/1944	Caen (#22)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
15	02/11/1944	Frankfurt (#23)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
16	02/21/1944	Lippstadt (#25)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
17	02/24/1944	Schweinfurt (#27)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
18	03/02/1944	Frankfurt (#29)	William D. Sellers Crew #1
19	03/27/1944	Tours (#45)	Marvin J. Christensen Crew #1
20	03/29/1944	Brunswick (#46)	Marvin J. Christensen Crew #1
21	04/13/1944	Schweinfurt (#50)	Marvin J. Christensen Crew #1
22	05/24/1944	Berlin (#74)	Richard D. McCord Crew #1
23	05/25/1944	Fecamp/Metz (#75)	William E. Massey Crew #1
24	05/28/1944	Dessau (#77)	Gerald F. Carter Crew #1