8th Air Force
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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Ray Denver Ford
Military
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29498 'Dark Horse', Killed in Action (KIA).
Service
Units served with
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303rd Bomb Group
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... -
360th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-29498 'Mumsie' aka 'Dark Horse'
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:...
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 140
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);...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Prince George, Virginia, USA | 2 March 1918 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 29 November 1943 |
| Died | 29 November 1943 | |
| Buried | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 December 2020 20:59:12 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations and mission associations |
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Added a connection to the 8th AF and to the 8th AF mission #140 for 29 Nov 1943. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 December 2020 20:36:15 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56358206. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 October 2020 18:37:00 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2019 18:31:54 | wdwcpa@hotmail.com | Changes to media associations |
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Virginia WWII Commission |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2019 18:31:19 | wdwcpa@hotmail.com | Changes to middlename |
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Ancestry.com Birth Certificate |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2019 18:29:23 | wdwcpa@hotmail.com | Changes to events |
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Ancestry.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2019 18:25:02 | wdwcpa@hotmail.com | Changes to events |
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Ancestry.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2019 18:24:16 | wdwcpa@hotmail.com | Changes to service number |
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National Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:57 | 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 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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