Orsen Jensen
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany.
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James S Webb
Military
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany.
Service
People
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Kenneth Kio
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) - Tail Gunner and only survivor on B-17 #43-38270. Crashed on 11/21/44 at 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany. -
Wallace Land
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany. -
Charles Melhado
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany. -
Francis Riggs
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany. -
Pryce Spencer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany. -
Anthony Vespasiano
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany. -
Thomas Watkins
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 385th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany.
Units served with
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385th Bomb Group
Group
The 385th Bomb Group, who took the nickname "Van's Valiants" after their first Commanding Officer Col. Elliot Vandevanter, flew B-17s from Great Ashfield, Suffolk. The Group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wolfe aircraft factory at Marienburg on 9... -
550th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38270
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 390BG Framlingham 4/8/44; transferred 549BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44. Mid-air collision with 43-38566 on the mission to Osnabruck 21/11/44 with pilot James S. Webb; Co-pilot...
Missions
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720
21 November 1944
Associated Place
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Great Ashfield
Military site : airfield
The airfield was built in 1942 by John Laing & Son Ltd. 108,000 tons of concrete was used in its construction, creating a Class 'A' airfield suitable for heavy bombers. The 385th Bomb Group took up residence in the summer of 1943, and remained at the...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Boston, Georgia, USA | 7 September 1920 |
| Enlisted | 24 July 1942 | |
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Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps |
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| Killed in Action (KIA) | Körbecke, Möhnesee, Germany | 21 November 1944 |
| Died | Körbecke, Möhnesee, Germany | 21 November 1944 |
| Buried | Rosewood Cemetery, Barwick, Brooks County, Georgia, United States | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 April 2015 07:58:26 | ED-BB | Changes to service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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NARA WWII Enlistment records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:14:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10413 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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