Norman Kossis
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24608 'Yehoodi', 303BG/359BS while serving as Bombardier on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Loreint, France. Aircraft crashed into the sea off the Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France. Participated in 7 Operations (4-Aborted) See Biography events.
Air medal, Purple Heart
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The 8 Ball
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Werewolf
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yehudi
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24608 "Yehudi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK. |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 12 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth UK as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BG. |
Other Mission #1, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball" as a substitute on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK |
Other Mission #2, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24606, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24606 "Werewolf", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK |
Other Mission #4, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards a Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air deport at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #6, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Belle Île, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained severe damage from flak over the target and crashed into the sea off the Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France. His remains have never been recovered. |
Other Mission #7, 2LT Norman Kossis, w/B-17F 41-24581, 303BG/359BS - KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24581 "The '8' Ball" as a substitute on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. KIA. |
Born |
San Francisco, California | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-12-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission REport of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2015. Added aircraft 41-24581 and 41-24606, made connections to all mission participations based on my research of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15720; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record ; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website information; Added crew position and crash location to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9ht Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 60-61, MACR 15720