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Lt R. Black. photo credited to "Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by Dr. James Good Brown
Lt R. Black. Photo credited to "Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by Dr. James Good Brown
Bombardier, Cormany crew. Member of the Manchester crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Killed in Action (KIA).
Unknown how Lt Black died. Major Ingenhutt was the last man to bail out and did not see Lt Black in the nose where he was seen prior. Buried in the Netherlands AMC. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for this mission.
Quarryville, PA
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
LWG, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
May - October 1943. Navigator, Cormany crew. 381st G, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA. The 381st BG was awarded...
Military | Major | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Cormany crew. Squadron Commander. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
June - October 1943. ETTG, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft XVIIB. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. S/Sgt Smith spent time in a field hospital then a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft XVIIB. The 381st BG was...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Tail Gunner; Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner/Observer, Cormany crew. Member of the Manchester crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30684. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I. The 381st BG was awarded the...
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Gore 13/8/43; Cheyenne 14/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-T] Ridgewell 19/9/43; Missing in Action 2m Bremen 8/10/43 with Bill Cormany, Co-pilot: Maj Bill Ingenhutt, Navigator: Edwin Frost, Flight engineer/top...
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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Cemetery
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Quarryville, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Died | 8 October 1943 | |
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| 05 December 2017 21:36:38 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography and media associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 November 2017 10:56:48 | Lucy May | Changes to biography |
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Brought in source from duplicate record: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 November 2017 04:37:23 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 November 2017 04:28:30 | ARowe95 | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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ARowe95 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 885 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 885 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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