15th Air Force
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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42-30347
B-17 Flying Fortress
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"Bombs dropped by the 301st Bomb Group, 419th Bomb Squadron, fall toward the railroad yards at Avignon, France. Bombs dropped by lead planes are already bursting on the target area, 27 May 1944." - 42-30347 (301st BG 419th BS) will be lost two days later on Wollesdorf after 98 missions, Phillips crew, 10 pow, MACR 5445.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Morrison 9/6/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 3/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action 98m Wollersdorf 29/5/44 with Tom Phillips, Co-pilot: George Gaudaen, Navigator: Chas Hahn, Bombardier: Rex McElmurry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Helf, Radio Operator: Bob Zimmerman, Ball turret gunner: Dan Behre, Waist gunner: Warren Haskin, Waist gunner: Bill Ogle,Tail gunner: Chas Seall (10 Prisoner of War); mech problem, crashed Vebelbach; Missing Air Crew Report 5445.
Service
Units
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301st Bomb Group
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... -
419th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Places
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Lucera
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Long Beach, CA, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Boeing. |
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| Delivered | 722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA | 19 May 1943 |
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Delivered Cheyenne 19-May-43. |
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| Assigned | Tunisia | 3 July 1943 |
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Assigned to 419BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 2752 Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl, Austria | 29 May 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Wollersdorf A/D one engine on fire and un-feathered dropped out of formation. Crew baled out 10 x POW. 29-May-44 MACR 5445. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 May 2018 08:40:00 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, events and unit associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28657704 |
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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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