41-24510 Snoozy II

Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 16-Aug-42; to Thurleigh 27-Sep-42; Missing in Action Lille 9-Oct-42 shot down by hptm Priller (III/JG26), crashed railway line Tournai, near Nechin (Menen), Belgium; (first aircraft loss of group) MACR 6706. SNOOZY II. 6 KIA, 1 POW, 2 EVD.



P Capt John W. Olsen (KIA); CP 2Lt Joseph N. Gates (KIA);

N 2Lt William J. Gise (EVD); B 2Lt Albert W. LaChasse (POW);

E/TTG TSgt Erwin Wissenback (EVD); RO TSgt Thomas W. Dynan (KIA),

BTG SSgt Bruce Nicholson (KIA), WG SSgt Truman C. Wilder (KIA)

TG SSgt Bert E. Kaylor (KIA)

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32190053
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726221
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660484
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14077938
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726044
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Néchin, 7730 Estaimpuis, Belgium 9 October 1942

Revisions

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Added spaces in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Dates incorrect.

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Lee Cunningham 14-Nov-2014. Crew Associations.

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Lee Cunningham 14-Nov-2014. Unit, place and mission association

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Lee Cunningham 14-Nov-2014. Removed all connections.

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Lee Cunningham 12Nov-2014. Format description.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 24-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 6706. Connections within web site data.

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Lee Cunningham 24-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 6706. Connections within web site data.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6706 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database