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Curtis C. Mosier

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Units

People

  • Frank Anderson

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Sam Burdge

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Willie Clifton

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Leon Davis

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Robert Elwood

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Leiland Flake

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Robert Goss

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • William Juergens

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. Interned.

  • Curtis Mosier

    Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot
    Killed in Action (KIA) during a fighter attack on a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37985 'The Saint'. He was killed when the B-17 was fired upon and he was killed at his co-pilot seat. The pilot was able to return the damaged...

  • Oscar Williamson

    Military | Lieutenant | Pilot
    Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #4237985 'The Saint. ' Landed in Sweden. He left the formation with one engine smoking and headed for Sweden. He successfully landed and the crew was interned. The plane was subsequently repaired and was recovered after...

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Aircraft

  • 42-37985

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Denver 4/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-V] Snetterton 3/12/43; Co-pilot: Curtis Mosier (Killed in Action) Regensburg 25/2/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Oscar Williamson, Co-pilot: Bill Juergens, Navigator: Sam...

Missions

  • 8th Air Force 235 BIG WEEK - DAY 6

    25 February 1944
    On this final operation of BIG WEEK, Day 6, a combined force of 754 heavy bombers from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions are despatched to bomb the German aircraft industries at Regensburg, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Furth, Germany. Mission Summary follows: ...

Locations

  • Snetterton Heath

    Military site : airfield
    Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...

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Collection name
The Saint
Object number
UPL 39130

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
29 June 2019 14:49:56 pnezezon Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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I am his second cousin. The picture is a family picture.

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