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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 31/3/44; Kearney 30/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-R] Molesworth 19/6/44; Missing in Action Munich 13/7/44 with Paul Long, Co-pilot: Harry Carlman, Navigator: Marvin Shaw, Bombardier: Chas Cassidy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Mours, Radio Operator: Art Habich, Ball turret gunner: Joe Flammia, Waist gunner: Wesley Abbott,Tail gunner: Keith Olson (9INT); flak, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 7503.
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
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #42-97905, Interned (INT).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 303rd Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #4297905
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #42-97905, Interned (INT).
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
INT Hit by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #4297905
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #4297905
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #4297905
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
INT Damaged by flak and crashed in Switzerland on 7/13/44 in B-17 #4297905
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 13 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7503 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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