42-5220
305th BG - 366th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
Chris Brassfield
Object Number - UPL 16189 - B-17F-40-BO #42-5220 305th BG - 366th BS
Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Salina 23/12/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY- ] Chelveston (landed Rineanna, Ire, 21/3) 25/3/43; Missing in Action Lorient 16/4/43 with Larry Leach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Bogdan, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Williamson, Waist gunner: John Toth, Waist gunner: Jimmy Smith (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Homer Anderson, Navigator: Voyle Spence, Bombardier: Don Worsely, Radio Operator: Joe Terell, Tail gunner: LeRoy Sykes (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ker Gurum, near Languidic, 12 miles NE of Lorient. No MACR.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17057644
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 14 October 1942 | |
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Assigned |
Chelveston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN9, UK | 25 March 1943 | 305th BG |
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Crashed |
Languidic, France | 16 April 1943 |
Revisions
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