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"Crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sky Wolf'. England, 7 January 1944." Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees, 2Lt Robert E Galbraith Jr, 1Lt Donald De Camp, 2Lt Warren Spencer Wiggins. Front L-R: Sgt Robert E King, S/Sgt Richard J Tracy, S/Sgt William Thomas "Dub" Hitt, Sgt Richard Charles "Dick" Miller, Sgt Robert W Hoffman, Sgt Jerry C. McLawhorn.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Returned from rocket attack during an operational mission to Oschersleben; 11-Jan-44 in B-17F 42-5264 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'. A/C force landed at Watton with 2 dead aboard. RTD.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts rising to rank of Lt Colonel.
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
Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Bangor 14/10/42; Molesworth 16/10/42; 60m Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Aubrey Emerson, Co-pilot: McDonald Riddick, Navigator: Lew Halliburton, Bombardier: Don Delaura, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grover...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/11/42; Saline 15/12/42; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-J] Molesworth 1/2/43; landing accident with Bob O’Connor 31/5/43; battle damaged over Oschersleben 11/1/44 with John Henderson, Co-pilot: Walter Ames, Navigator: Warren Wiggins,...
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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| Based | August 1943 – December 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 April 2019 16:38:33 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nickname, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Hell's Angels Newsletter May 2001, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces |
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