Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 16-Aug-42; Thurleigh 2-Oct-42; on return from St Nazaire 3-Jan-43 landed RAF St Eval, Cornwall. Next day on t/o for Thurleigh, Bed. in poor weather crashed into the Celtic Sea near RAF St. Eval 7-Jan-43. 10KIS No MACR issued.
P 1Lt Robert E. Brandon (KIS); CP 1Lt Henry G. Murrel (KIS)
N 1Lt Lemuel B. Smith (KIS) B 2Lt James C. Murphy (KIS)
E/TTG SSgt Carlton F. Porter (KIS); RO SSgt Judson W. Elliott (KIS)
BTG SSgt Joseph S. Barnes (KIS) WG SSgt Jerrald M. Hopkins(KIS)
WG 1Lt James O. Jones, Jr. (KIS); TG SSgt Earl K. Owen (KIS)
NOTE: Bishop & Hey "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" say this loss was documented on MACR 16102, but that is an error. No MACR was located for this loss.
Service
Units
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Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
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People
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
KIA in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval, Cornwall...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Missing in Action (MIA) in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Pilot. Participated in mission on 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval,...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Missing in Action (MIA) in B17 41-24469 while serving as Radio Operator. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St....
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Missing in Action (MIA) in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Co-Pilot. Participated in Mission on 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval,...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
KIA in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Waist Gunner. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval, Cornwall. ...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Waist Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
KIA in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Waist Gunner. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval, Cornwall. ...
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Killed on Mission (KOM) in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Bombardier. Participated on mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St....
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
KIA in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Tail Gunner. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval, Cornwall. ...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Killed on Mission (KOM) in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Participated in mission of 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Missing in Action (MIA) in B17 41-24469 while serving as Navigator. Participated in mission on 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France that was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval...
Places
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Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
Events
Event |
Location |
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Crashed |
Saint Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK |
7 January 1943 |
This aircraft participated in the raid on St. Nazaire on 3-Jan-43, but upon return to England, landed at St. Eval, Cornwall where it was weathered in until 7-Jan-43. The aircraft and crew were lost in the Celtic Sea near RAF St. Eval en-route to Thurleigh.
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