8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Rapid City 9/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-S] Horham 27/6/43; 9m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Fred Hodges, Co-pilot: Jim Peacock, Navigator: Bill Grody, Bombardier: Eleazar Moody, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Radio Operator: Bob Shafer, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Brooks, Waist gunner: Dick Porter, Waist gunner: Larry Burleigh,Tail gunner: Ernie Weaver (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 214. EXTERMINATOR.
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
412th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Lloyd Brooks
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oschersleben in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator' 28-Jul-43; Shot down Lathen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 214 Awards: AM, PH. -
William Brown
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230150 'Exterminator. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Lawrence Burleigh
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230150 'Exterminator. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
William Grody
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230150 'Exterminator' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Fred Hodges
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230150 'Exterminator' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Eleazar Moody
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230150 'Exterminator' Killed in Action (KIA). -
James Peacock
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oschersleben in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator'; Shot down by fighters 28-Jul-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 214 Awards: AM, PH. -
Richard Porter
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator', Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: AM, PH. -
Robert Shafer
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 214 Awards: AM, PH. -
Ernest Weaver
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator', Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 78
28 July 1943
The German aircraft industry at Kassel (Fieseler works) and Oscherleben, Germany are the primary targets of this mission. 182 B-17s from: 91BG (20); 92BG (17); 303BG (20); 305BG (21); 306BG (24); 351BG (21); 379BG (19); 381BG (20); and 384BG (20) are...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Lathen, Germany | 28 July 1943 – 28 July 1943 |
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Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43. Cause - enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Germany; (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR214. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 December 2015 09:08:40 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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