8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Y] Snetterton 1/7/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Edmund Bolstad, Co-pilot: Harry Sharpe, Navigator: Jim Montague, Bombardier: Chas Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Doyle Reavis, Waist gunner: Ken Sigleer, Waist gunner: Oscar Kassebrock (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Dave Sweeney, Ball turret gunner: Dan McElvain,Tail gunner: Warren McFadden (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Neuscharrel, 15 miles SW of Bad Zwischenahn, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 852. FLAK HAPPY.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' KIA.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 42-30367 'Flak Happy'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 42-30367 'Flak Happy. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-24 #4230367 'Flak Happy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
8 October 1943
The shipyards and industrial areas of Bremen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission, but cloud cover causes some formations to bomb targets of opportunity. The attacking elements have been summarized below:
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Military site : non-airfield
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Event | Location | Date |
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Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 8 October 1943 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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29 May 2020 06:36:11 | kstrykerAK | Changes to nicknames, unit associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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Added nickname, added mission, and removed unrelated photos from H. Stryker collection (my error in adding). Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey Ward, Second Edition with Errata & Supplemental Information, Taylor Publishing, 1996. page 64, 74, 294, 300 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 852 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |