43-38973
Delivered Hunter 24/10/44; Dow Fd 1/11/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG Chelveston 5/12/44; ex-Kassel 15/12/44 with Finis Harris, John Griffin, R.L. Mason, Laverne Ridge, Herschel McCoy, Cliff Melton, Robert L Burry, Willie Barnes, Charles Nordland (9 Killed in Action); hit radio mast at Daventry, Northamptonshire, in poor visibilty, crashed near Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK; Sal, Missing Air Crew Report 149.
In August 2014, a team from Sywell Aviation Museum excavated the crash site. They are hoping to have a display ready by the time they open in Easter 2015. For more about the museum and to find out its opening times please see their website: http://www.sywellaerodrome.co.uk/museum.php
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16061487
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-003933
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 15 December 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Based at |
Chelveston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN9, UK | 14 December 1944 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Daventry, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11, UK | 15 December 1944 | |
Other Returning from mission |
Kassel, Germany | 15 December 1944 |
Revisions
Notes in the Findagrave record for Ball Turret Gunner Robert Burry written by his granddaughter: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=dfl&GRid=56288256
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15943 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database