Richard L Davis
MilitaryDamaged by FW 190s after the bomb run on a mission to Landsberg am Lech, GR on 18 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37825 'Super Ball' broke formation and landed in Switzerland. Interned.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Super Ball
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 18 March 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N per General orders, HQ 1st Bombardment Division, APO 634 2 Feb 1944 (IWM Document 30697).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3237 / MACR 3237, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database