Vernon E Koch

Military

1-May-42 Assigned as a Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 [GN-O] "Kali", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 24-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Kali".

Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

427th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24517

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Kali
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 26

Date: 20 December 1942
Official Description:

A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group, in formation returning from Lille. Printed caption on reverse: 'Vapor trails made by Boeing B-17's returning from Lille, France. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'KY-A, 25085?. KY-B, 124591 "Rigor Mortis". KY-C, 25078. JJ-Q, 25060. JJ-R, 123614 "Snafu". XK-U "Wham Bam". XK-P "Flapper".

VIII Bomber Command 24

Date: 6 December 1942
Official Description:

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Assigned to Aircraft	Boise, ID, USA	1 May 1942	Assigned as an Arial Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
Other Arrived in UK	Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK	24 October 1942	Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS.
Other Mission #1, SGT Vernon E. Koch, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS	Lille, France	6 December 1942	Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK.
Other Mission #2, SGT Vernon E. Koch, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted	Romilly-sur-Seine, France	20 December 1942	Served as Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. RTB OK.

Revisions

Date19 Jan 2016 23:08:20

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf

Date19 Jan 2016 23:00:47

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf

Date19 Jan 2016 22:56:39

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html

Date19 Jan 2016 22:54:44

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html

Date19 Jan 2016 22:52:30

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Summary Biography; made connections to Place, Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43), Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:24

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K