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)
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19065195
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
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
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014. Added connection to 366th Bomb Squadron per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman & Dave Osborne.
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.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database