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42-31602

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 20/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Romulus 20/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Presque Is 5/2/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/2/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 23/3/44 with Edmund Forrest, Navigator: Bill Weeks, Bombardier: Bob Donovan, Radio Operator: Don Kosich, Ball turret gunner: Joe Rushing, Waist gunner: Bill Kurtz, Waist gunner: Bill Stoner,Tail gunner: Earl Royer (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Lamie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sandusky (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed along Zelham-Halle road, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 3431.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert G Donovan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Edmund C Forrest

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Donald A Kosich

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

William H Kurtz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Richard G Lamie

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

23 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:39

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3431 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database