Percy Davis Craig
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1707.
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32147184 / O-797564
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
6 April 1923 | Son of Harry and Mary Kitchen [Davis] Craig. | |
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Enlisted |
19 November 1942 | ||
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Died |
20 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. KIA MACR 1707 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
20 December 1943 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF | |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Magratten, Netherlands Plot E Row 2 Grave 27 |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1707 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database