42-30163

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 20/5/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 23/5/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Wesley Peterson, Navigator: Don Phillips; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Utley, Ball turret gunner: Fred Huntzinger; Tail gunner: Doug Wright; Co-pilot: Maslanka,Wounded in Action; Bombardier: August Winters,Wounded in Action; Waist gunner: Bill Scott; Waist gunner: George Monser; Radio Operator: Bill Plaskett (escape but died in Pyrenees); 6 successfully evaded. Ran out of gas, abandoned to crash Sancourt, 25 miles E of Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 518.

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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 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33021170
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671990
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729886
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683307
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 September 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 518

Date
Contributorws2000
Changes
Sources

Thomas Winter, son August Winter, Bombardier. Information from communication with Conscript Heros regarding the escape of A Winters: (T/Sgt William B Plaskett died in the Pyrenees on the approach to Port du Rat on the Andorran border in October 1943)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 518 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database