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Insignia associated with the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.
Insignia associated with the 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29498 'Dark Horse', Killed in Action (KIA).
Despite the lost of his left arm at the elbow and grave abdominal wounds, Sergeant Sawicki, tail gunner on Fyler's crew, booted the two wounded and disabled waist gunners to safe parachute landings over Nazi Germany. Sawicki then collapsed of his wounds and was found dead in the wreckage of the Dark Horse. Attempts to get a Medal of Honor for Sawicki have been made by Fyler.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
George Chester Fisher served as a waist gunner with the 303rd Bomb Group out of Molesworth, England. On 29 November 1943, he was flying in B-17 42-29498 'Dark Horse' when it was shot down.
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/42; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 14/2/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-L] Thurleigh 2/3/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 25/9/43; 7m Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Capt Carl Fyler, Co-pilot: Bob Ward, Navigator:...
29 November 1943
This is another massive raid on Bremen, Germany by a force of 360 B-17s. The mission is composed of two elements. The first element is a combined force of 182 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division that included: 94BG (40); 95BG (20); 96BG (41); 100BG (20);...
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Michigan, USA | 1923 |
| Enlisted | 21 May 1943 | |
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Residence: Wayne County, Michigan |
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| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 29 November 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 December 2020 21:07:17 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations |
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Added a unit connection to the 8th AF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 October 2020 19:30:42 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Changed the label of the “Died” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)" per info in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 October 2020 19:27:42 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Removed a space in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 November 2016 19:22:52 | bombercommand | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, mission associations and media associations |
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2016-11-01 Data from Duplicate file https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/136145 relocated to this file. MACR 1652 https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=WR26&tf... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:17:33 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1657 |
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