Iva L Fegette
MilitaryShot down in B-17F 41-24585 'Wulfe Hund', 303BG/360BS while serving as Radio Operator. Evaded. Participated in 3 missions (See Biography events) with B-17F 41-24585 and evaded capture and returned to England on 25-May-43. He then returned to the 303BG and flew 26 additional missions between 7-Oct-44 and 14 Apr-45 at which time he completed his combat tour.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 14 April 1945
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA | 23 August 1942 | Assigned as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. |
Other Arrived at Station |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS at Molesworth, UK |
Other Mission #1, SSGT Iva L. Fegette, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, SSGT Iva L. Fegette, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Evaded Capture |
12 December 1942 - 25 May 1943 | Evaded capture and returned to England on 25-May-43. His evasion is documented on Esacp and Evasion Report #32, which may be viewed at: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-32.pdf | |
Other Mission #3, SSGT Iva L. Fegette, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. The battle damage aircraft was crashlanded by the pilot in a filed in France. SSGT Fegette managed to evade capture. |
Other Completed Combat Tour |
Royan, France | 14 May 1945 | Served as Radio Counter Measures technician on B-17G 44-6517 "Old Cock", 303BG/360BS on a mission targeting the huge gun emplacements at Royan, France. This was his final mission, completing his combat tour. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Made connections to B-17G 44-6517 and Mission of 14-Apr-45 per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Completed Combat Tour event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added tour of duty from 7Oct-44 to 14-Apr-45 to Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 78-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paulf F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Assigen to Aircraft event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paulf F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added mission participation lacuse to Summary Biography and made all connections to mission participations based on my reasearch of 303BG Mission Repoert, Gary Moncur, Historian,: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014, "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #32 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-32.pdf
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History