42-5078

B-17F 42-4078 was delivered Tulsa 15-Sep-42; Presque Is 19-Oct-42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C] Chelveston Nov-42. Shot down 30-Dec-42 by enemy aircraft on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Crashed into the Bay of Biscay, France. Missing in Action. 10KIA No MACR issued.



P 1Lt Floyd E. Love (KIA) CP 2Lt Kent H. Wolfsen (KIA)

N Frank J. Watchtel (KIA); B 2Lt Lawrence Goreski (KIA)

E/TTG Raymond N. Kirkendoll (KIA); RO TSgt Roland B. Digman (KIA)

BTG SSgt Raymond E Bandy (KIA) WG Sgt Robert E. Joyce (KIA)

WG Larry C. DeBruin (KIA); TG SSgt Peter G. Galarza (KIA)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Raymond W Bandy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36302074
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Larry C DeBruin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Roland B Digman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15071088
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Peter G Galarza

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19065195
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Laurence M Goreski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726151
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return FTR-MIA

Lorient, France 30 December 1942 Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the Bay of Biscay not far from the target.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Formatted marking display.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Edited marking details.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Added connection to 366th Bomb Squadron per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman & Dave Osborne.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Added target to description, converted dates to military-style signification; added rank, proper full names and dispositions to crew information;Formatted crew display; Added FTR event; made connection to Place and Mission per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added markings per "The Mighty Eighth Warpaint & Heraldry" Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

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