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Place where 42-3436 crashed on October 14, 1943 - 13.45 h local time.
Tail part in The Netherlands
Nose part in Germany
Missing - nose
- Donald Paul Breeden/co-pilot
Probably interred with Martin and/or Manley
Source: George Kuhl - Wrong Place! Wrong Time! - page 149
KIA - nose
- William James Martin/navigator
- Harvey Arlie Manley/bombardier
KIA - tail
- Leonard Roy Henlin/left waist gunner
- Robert G Wells /right waist gunner
All others POW
Krems /17b
- Hosea Crawford
- Dominic Lepore
- Arthur Linrud
- Benjamin Roberts
Sagan/3
- Dennis McDarby
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Donald Paul Breeden served as pilot with the 364th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group. His B-17 #423436 was shot down 14 October 1943 over the Netherlands and Breeden was declared Missing in Action (MIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3436. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3436. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Killed in Action (KIA).
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/6/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 96BG 16/8/43; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-R] Chelveston 18/9/43;
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8 October 1943
The shipyards and industrial areas of Bremen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission, but cloud cover causes some formations to bomb targets of opportunity. The attacking elements have been summarized below:
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9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
10 October 1943
This mission was intended to be a massive attack of 307 B-17s on the railroad facilities and waterway (canals) at Munster, Germany. This attack was to be supported by a diversion 39 B-24s. The formation was attacked by hundreds of German fighters which...
14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
Crash site
Crash site
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