Douglas Lamar Murdock
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 31788 - B-17F 42-29952 "Sizzle"
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29952 'Sizzle'; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed Bosseveldt, near Maastricht, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 917
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16111264
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19160829
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36150836 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17018112 / O-745758
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34357189
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
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Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Barnesville, GA | 2 September 1920 | Son of Douglas O and Willie [Wilson] Murdock. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 21 January 1942 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Died |
Maastricht, Netherlands | 14 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29952 'Sizzle'; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed Bosseveldt, near Maastricht, Holland. KIA MACR 917 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Chelveston | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Barnesville, Lamar County, GA | Re-Interred Greenwood Cemetery Barnesville, Lamar County, GA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database