364th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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2Lt William James Martin - Navigator 42-34346 - KIA 14-10-1943 over Eygelshoven (NL).
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #423436. Killed in Action (KIA).
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/6/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 96BG 16/8/43; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-R] Chelveston 18/9/43;
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14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
Crash site
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26 April 2018 08:35:06 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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26 April 2018 08:34:01 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to caption |
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16 August 2016 11:18:22 | wimhm.slangen | Created entry with unit associations |
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