Raymond Bidwell
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30001. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Wayne S Rader
Military
Shot down 16 August 1943 in B-17 #4230001. Evaded. (MACR 1297 incorrectly lists his last name as 'Bades')E&E from Corbeil, France to England (via a fishing boat from Brest, France)
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379th Bomb Group
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit... -
526th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Elkton, Oregon | 19 April 1917 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:27:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1297 |
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