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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 11/6/43; transferred 526BS [LF-F]; Missing in Action Evreux 3/9/43 with Julius Kraft {all 524bs crew}, Ball turret gunner: Frank Frydryk, Waist gunner: Don Armstrong (3 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Norman Toft, Navigator: Ron Jacobs, Bombardier: Tom Peifer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Morrison Nolan, Radio Operator: Hugh McKeegan, Waist gunner: Delbert Klump,Tail gunner: Bob Vandegriff (7 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Epinay, nine miles S of Bernay, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1349.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #423300. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Assistant Operations | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 26 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat mission. ETD.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3300, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 3 September 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1349 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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