Raymond Earl Dodge

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Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30049. Killed in Action, MACR#16349.

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

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

544th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Thomas J Corrigan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles Earl Crawford

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34163642
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Man wearing, leather Air Force flying gear, standing on stairs and leaning on stair railing

William Raymond Feagin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35477792
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Edmund S Gadomski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32371324
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Walter Lewis Harvey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-672350
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30049

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Miss Deal
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 67

Date: 25 June 1943

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	Eemsdelta, Netherlands	25 June 1943	After making two unsuccessful runs on the primary target, the crew headed for Emden as a likely target for their bomb load. The flak guns found them, inflicting serious damage and injuries - then they ran into fighters. A furious running battle ensued, with some crew members bailing out, and finally the aircraft exploded. The main part of the wreckage came down in the Dollard, an embayment of the Ems River on the border between Germany and the Netherlands. MACR #16349
Buried Or Memorial	Clear Lake, WI, USA		Moe Lutheran Cemetery, Clear Lake, Wisconsin

Event

Location

Date

Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Eemsdelta, Netherlands

25 June 1943

After making two unsuccessful runs on the primary target, the crew headed for Emden as a likely target for their bomb load. The flak guns found them, inflicting serious damage and injuries - then they ran into fighters. A furious running battle ensued, with some crew members bailing out, and finally the aircraft exploded. The main part of the wreckage came down in the Dollard, an embayment of the Ems River on the border between Germany and the Netherlands. MACR #16349

Buried

Or Memorial

Clear Lake, WI, USA

Moe Lutheran Cemetery, Clear Lake, Wisconsin