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Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. B-17 42-29930 'Miss Patricia' crashed shortly after takeoff on a local night training mission. 23-Oct-43. Killed in Service (KIS)
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 16 x Combat missions. B-17F 42-29930 'Miss Patricia' crashed shortly after takeoff on a local night training mission. 23-Oct-43. Killed in Service (KIS)
Awards: PH.
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
Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Casper 29/3/43; Smoky Hill 14/4/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Dow Fd 3/6/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-J] Thurleigh 17/6/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-I] Molesworth 25/9/43; crashed on take off at Keyston, Hunts.,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/43; 19/4/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-U] Molesworth 4/6/43; RWG Leon Kesky Killed in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43; 40m Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with John Carothers, Co-pilot: Chas Frost, Radio Operator: George...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; Brookley 1/2/43; Homestead 14/2/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-W] Molesworth 6/3/43; sustained flak damage over Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ambrose Grant, Co-pilot: Franklin Ball, Navigator: Jim Berger,...
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...
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| Born | Detroit, Michigan, USA | 12 February 1922 |
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Son of Frank Joseph Chuhran and Rose Surini. |
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| Enlisted | Detroit, Michigan, USA | 10 October 1942 |
| Based | Molesworth | 1943 – 23 October 1943 |
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Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Old Weston, Huntingdon PE28 0QB, UK | 23 October 1943 |
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B-17 42-29930 'Miss Patricia' crashed shortly after takeoff on a local night training mission. 23-Oct-43. Killed in Service (KIS) |
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| Buried | Cambridge American Cemetery | 24 October 1943 |
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Interred |
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| Buried | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Southfield, Oakland County, MI | March 1954 |
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Re-interred |
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