Roderick T Cahill

Military

Ditched off Foreness Point, Kent the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-37983. RTD.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Charles B Bearse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11007026
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Raymond B Conway

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811568
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Glen E Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15324328
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Frank M Hancock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17155388
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Alphonse Kozuch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688594
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

The tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37983) of the 381st Bomb Group on a beach. Handwritten on attached slide casing: "Rup A 876. 381st BG, B-17." Handwritten caption on reverse: '"I told you we shouldn't change the aircraft letter!" 6/3/44. R. Bowers.'

42-37983

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Crash landed

Foreness Cl, Broadstairs CT10 3RX, UK 6 March 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

See also: http://www.381st.org/Unit-Histories/War-Diaries/381st-Bomb-Group-War-Di…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx