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B-17 Flying Fortress
305th Bomb Group crew in front of B-17 #41-24564 'Patches', 5 June 1943. Back row, left to right: ?, ?, 1/Lt Bertram H Kaplan, ?, ?, ? Front row, left to right: ?, ?, ?, 1/Lt Stanley M Van Dyke with mascot teddy bear, Capt Cunningham
Capt. Cunningham And Crew Of The 305Th Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Patches'. 5 June 1943. England.
Capt. Cunningham And Crew Of The 305Th Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Patches'. 5 June 1943. England.
Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-W] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Doug Mutschler, Co-pilot: Ed Carter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carlton Boberg (3 Killed in Action), Navigator: Bill Bagwell, Bombardier: Wendell Luce, Radio Operator: Whitney Simon, Ball turret gunner: Lee Quinliven, Waist gunner: Meyer Baker, Waist gunner: Tony Buckley,Tail gunner: Erwin Grundman (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Averbode, five miles NW Diest, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 300. PATCHES.
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #41-24564 'Patches', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #4124564 'Patches. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #4124564 'Patches. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #41-24564 'Patches', Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #4124564 'Patches. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Navigator | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Military | Radio Operator
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #4124564 'Patches. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Captain | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Flew 25 Combat Missions out of England. One of two to return from Schweinfurt 14 October 1943. At times flew Group, Squadron and Wing Lead. Was in the Air Force for 10 yrs and 30 yrs as an airline pilot. Discharged from Travis AFB, 1950.
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Military | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
25 June 1943
This mission was intended to be the first major attack on the industrial area of Hamburg, Germany but weather and contrails made fromation flying too difficult and dangerous. As a result, the main formation 197 B-17s from: 91BG (18); 92BG (23); 303BG ...
26 June 1943
The targets for today are all Luftwaffe installations: the Villacoublay air depot SW of Paris, France is the primary; the airfield at Poissy, France is attacked as the secondary because of cloud cover; the airfield at Tricqueville, France; and the...
17 August 1943
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Military site : airfield
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 17 August 1943 |
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| 18 October 2020 19:16:48 | oconnornj | Changes to media associations |
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| 13 May 2017 03:10:24 | charlieb | Changes to mission associations |
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Mission list the plane could not find formation and had to abort |
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| 05 May 2017 03:40:11 | charlieb | Changes to media associations |
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INTERNET PHOTO |
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| 30 April 2017 01:19:25 | charlieb | Changes to person associations and mission associations |
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mission log 26/6/43 |
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| 07 April 2017 20:33:21 | charlieb | Changes to nicknames |
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Get One A/C Group 8th af |
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| 07 April 2017 20:32:21 | charlieb | Changes to nicknames |
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Get One A/C Group 8thaf |
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| 27 September 2014 18:40:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 300 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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