Robert Bassham
Military | First Lieutenant | 447th Bomb Group
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Fred A Gunn
Military
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222nd Combat Crew Training, Ardmore Oklahoma
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Gunn Crew, 447th Bomb Group, 711 Squadron. Standling L-R: Louis Fugazi, Robert Frier, Paul Wingeier, Rober Lane, Raymond Scott Kneeling L-R: Fred Gunn, David Bowen, Robert Goldsmith, Robert Basham Crew was assigned with the 222nd Combat Crew training, Ardmore Oklahoma, and assigned to the 447th the 27th or May, 1944
Service
People
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Robert Frier
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
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Louie Fugazi
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Gera in B-17 #4297634 -
Robert Goldsmith
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 447th Bomb Group
Completed 35 missions in 85 days. -
James Major
Military | 447th Bomb Group
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Raymond Scott
Military | 447th Bomb Group
Units served with
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447th Bomb Group
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces... -
711th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-107219
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-Q] Rattlesden 3/5/44; instrument test flight to Gt Ashfield 1/8/44 with Louis Phillips, Co-pilot: Rich Hill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Jamieson, Flight... -
42-97392
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
42-97804
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/11/45. -
44-6016 TNT Katie
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 486BG Sudbury 4/5/44; no-ops transferred 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 5/5/44; Missing in Action Oranienburg 15/3/45 with Henry Chandler, Dave Skalka, Sid Murachver (3 Prisoner of War); Elmer...
Missions
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8th Air Force
14 June 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 388
14 June 1944
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8th Air Force
15 June 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 390
15 June 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 391
15 June 1944
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423
19 June 1944
Bombed an airfield. Nine hour mission. Shortly after retiring we were called again but mission was called off at briefing room. -
424
19 June 1944
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8th Air Force
19 June 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 399
19 June 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 400
19 June 1944
Associated Place
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Rattlesden
Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from... -
Rattlesden Memorial
Other location
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St Nicholas, Rattlesden
Other location
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Rattlesden Gliding Club
Other location
Events
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Revisions
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| 07 November 2020 17:03:38 | pamccolgan | Changes to aircraft associations and mission associations |
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222nd Combat Crew Training, Ardmore Oklahoma |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 November 2020 16:37:17 | pamccolgan | Changes to person associations |
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222nd Combat Crew Training, Ardmore Oklahoma |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 November 2020 16:35:37 | pamccolgan | Changes to unit associations and place associations |
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222nd Combat Crew Training, Ardmore Oklahoma |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 August 2019 13:19:18 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:10:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945 |
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