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B-17 Flying Fortress
388th BG Tail Marking
Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Dorval (Montreal) 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB783]; transferred USAAF 26/3/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [L] Knettishall 22/3/44; battle damaged Merseburg 28/9/44 with Elroy Gierach, Co-pilot: Percy Mead, Navigator: Harry Hobbs, Bombardier: Milton Gunnarson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Smith, Radio Operator: Martin Krey, Ball turret gunner: Daryl Daugherty, Waist gunner: Jim Hyde,Tail gunner: Jim Hodgin (9 Returned to Duty); flak damaged two engines, crash landed Les Villette, near Brasur-Liennes, SW of Malmedy, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 9379. PANHANDLE KID.
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Flew 30 missions with the 388th BG between July 44 and Jan 45, the last 14 as lead pilot. Known to have flown on the following aircraft.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Baltrum on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 44-8207
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Dorval, QC, Canada | 3 March 1944 |
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Assigned to the RAF as HB783 |
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| Transferred to the USAAF | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 26 March 1944 |
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388 BG |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Villette, 6032 Charleroi, Belgium | 28 September 1944 |
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Flak Damaged two engines over target |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 December 2017 20:33:49 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events and media associations |
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http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=42-102434&da... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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