Oscar F Forester Jr
Military10-Jul-42 Assigned as the Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 [BN-S] "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS at at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico. Arrived in the UK at Molesworth, UK on 12-Oct-42 with "Yahoodi" as the first aircraft of the 303BG to arrived in England.
Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24608 'Yehudi' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft crashed into the sea off the Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France. Prisoner of War (POW). Evacuated to United States with last date in service in December 1945. Paricipated in 6 Operations (3 were aborted) See Biography events.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
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- Date: 23 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 12 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS. The first B-17 of the 303BG to arrive in England. |
Other Mission #1, 2LT Oscar F. Forester, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, 2LT Oscar F. Forester, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24606, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24606 "Werewolf", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 2LT Oscar F. Forester, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, 2LT Oscar F. Forester, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
Other Mission #5, 2LT Oscar F. Forester, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Loreint, France. RTB OK. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 3 January 1943 - 12 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jun-45. |
Other Mission #6, 2LT Oscar F. Forester, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS - POW |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 1 March 1943 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down but he managed to bale out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added 303BG assignment and arrival in UK of Summary Biography; made connections to all mission participations per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN per MACR 15720; added decoration; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website information; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added crew position and crash location to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9ht Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, 3 Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 60-61 which shows him as POW, NARA site verifies POW