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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42-30284
B-17 Flying Fortress
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Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30284 BG-B 334th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 15/6/43; 2m, Missing in Action St Nazaire 28/6/43 with Sell Smith, Co-pilot: J.W. Hargrove, Navigator: Lester Moreland, Bombardier: Raoul Manriquez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Koukol, Radio Operator: Ed MaslowskiWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: D.C. Jenson, Waist gunner: Ed ClementsWounded in Action, Waist gunner: Bill Clapper,Tail gunner: Ray Chapman (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Channel, all rescued by ASR. No MACR.
Service
Units
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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... -
334th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Raymond Chapman
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #4230284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #423282. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Billie Clapper
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner, Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #42-30284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3266 'Sitting Bull'. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). -
Edward Clements
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #4230284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #4230300 'Hell-n-Back. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
John Hargrove
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Donald Jenson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #4230284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #423282. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Harry Koukol
Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Waist gunner B-17 42-30219 A/C Battle damaged, Oschersleben 28/7/43. Oxygen and Intercom shot out, Koukol 1 of 3 crew baled out. POW. Missing Air Crew Report 215. -
Raul Manriquez
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier; Navigator, Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #4230284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #423282. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Edward Maslowski
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #4230284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Survived earlier 6 June 1943 crash in B17 42-5894 in ferrying loss. Assigned to Freeman Goodman Provisional Bomb Group. -
Lester Moreland
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator; Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
B-17 #4230284 ditched in Bay of Biscay on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #423282. Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 69
28 June 1943
The primary specific target for this mission are the lock gates at St. Nazaire, France to be attacked by two separate formations and also another force is despatched to bomb the German airfield at Beaumon Le Roger, France. A formation of 120 B-17s of...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | English Channel | 28 June 1943 |
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Missing in Action St Nazaire 28/6/43. Ditched in Channel, all rescued by ASR. (2 x WIA, 10 x RTD) No MACR. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 December 2015 00:00:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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