43-38767 | American Air Museum

43-38767 Vox Pop

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG Rougham 4/10/44 VOX POP; transferred 359BS/303BG [BN-L] Molesworth 23/11/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/3/45 with Tom Moore, Jim Barnett, Joe Ogurchak(3 Prisoner of War); Morris Mieslich, Bill Weise, Bill Brookstra, Fred Kohan, Clarry Pesta (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Neuengoehrs, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 13570.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Five men in Air Force uniforms posed in front of a building. Three are standing and two kneeling. The three men standing are wearing dark bomber-style jackets and one man is holding two fingers up behind the head of another man.

332nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

359th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

James M Barnett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

William A Brookstra

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Frederick Kohan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Morris Mieslich

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Role/Job: Navigator

Thomas L Moore

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photography Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) airfield, looking north, the technical site and T2 hangar are to the right, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1557. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bury St Edmunds

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rougham

Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

20 March 1945

Revisions

Date10 Mar 2019 01:36:19

ContributorGySgt P USMC

Changes

Sources

Letter home dated 4 nov 1943

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:32

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13570 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database