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B-17 Flying Fortress
"On the bomb over Toulon, the wing B-17 has opened its bomb bay door and will soon be directly over the target: Nazi submarine pens and repair facilities." - 42-30310 419th BS 301st BG.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Morrison 9/6/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 12/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action 31m Regensburg 25/2/44 with Chester Koch, Loy Allen, Ralph Nyren, Paul Parent, (?Watson?), Matt Sheils, Rudolph Wild, Dwight Kimberlin, Jim Montecallo (9? Prisoner of War); Warren Johnson (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Seebach; Missing Air Crew Report 2597.
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
KIA when Aircraft 42-30310 was shot down on February 25, 1944 while on bombing mission to Regensburg, Germany. Buried at Plot K Row 39 Grave 36, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Engineer/Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator/Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
25 February 1944
On this final operation of BIG WEEK, Day 6, a combined force of 754 heavy bombers from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions are despatched to bomb the German aircraft industries at Regensburg, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Furth, Germany. Mission Summary follows:
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Military site : airfield
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| 14 May 2018 19:39:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number |
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| 26 April 2016 04:32:46 | ram957 | Changes to mission associations |
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MACR |
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| 25 April 2016 16:20:05 | ram957 | Changes to unit associations |
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MACR |
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| 18 April 2016 20:19:13 | ram957 | Changes to media associations |
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FOLD 3 USAAF PHOTOS |
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| 18 April 2016 20:15:44 | ram957 | Changes to production block number and manufacturer |
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Boeing Production Chart |
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| 27 September 2014 18:40:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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