3rd Air Division
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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Captain Norville John Gorse, "A WWII Allied Air Attack"
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
Group
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many...
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator; Ball Turret Gunner
B-17 #4229752 ditched in Channel 13 May 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230355 'Dallas Rebel. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC, AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot
B-17 #42-29752 ditched into North Sea 13 May 1943. Gorse and pilot Rogers made a valiant effort to control the plane. Returned to base.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
B-17 #4229752 ditched in Channel 13 May 1943. Returned to base. May also have a mention in Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 161 by Bishop & Hey for 24 June 1943, B17 41-9174 was on a navigational test flight when problems developed on...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230355 'Dallas Rebel. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
B-17 #4229752 ditched in Channel 13 May 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230355 'Dallas Rebel. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW) imprisoned at Stalag 17B.
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Military | Captain | Pilot
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230355 'Dallas Rebel. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230355 'Dallas Rebel. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 1/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Snetterton 4/7/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde 28/7/43 with Bill Nance, Co-pilot: Norville Gorse, Navigator: Joe Hudson, Bombardier: R.H. McGuiness, Flight engineer...
28 July 1943
The German aircraft industry at Kassel (Fieseler works) and Oscherleben, Germany are the primary targets of this mission. 182 B-17s from: 91BG (20); 92BG (17); 303BG (20); 305BG (21); 306BG (24); 351BG (21); 379BG (19); 381BG (20); and 384BG (20) are...
28 July 1943
A combined force of 123 P-47s from: 4FG; 56FG; and 78FG are despathed to escort the VIII Bomber Command mission #78 against Kassel and Oschersleben, Germany. The escort encounters approximately 45 German fighters attacking the bomber stream. These P...
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
Other location
Date | Contributor | Update |
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04 December 2015 02:20:17 | jgorse | Changes to unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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MACR 141 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
03 December 2015 03:14:43 | jgorse | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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John G Gorse, Lt Col, Nephew |