Jerry W Dobbins
Military ROLL OF HONOURhttp://www.303rdbg.com/news/2012-07-15.html (The Molesworth Pilot 303rd Bomb Group Newsletter); story by Dawn Furbush
10-Jul-42 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F #41-24567 [PU-J] "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Beats Me".
Killed in Action (KIA) 23 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24567 'Beats Me' while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Aircraft was struck by a bomb dropped from above while on a mission to bomb the port area of Lorient, France, The aircraft crashed near Pluvinger, France.
Participated in 9 Operations (3 were aborted) See Biography events.
Connections
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Units served with
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 November 1942
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- Date: 18 November 1942
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- Date: 17 November 1942
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Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS. |
Other Mission #1, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24602, 303BG/360BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as substitute Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24602 "Yardbird II", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #6, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #7, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTBOK |
Other Mission #8, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Wroks at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Pluvigner, France | 23 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was struck by a bomb dropped from above and crashed near Pluvinger, France |
Other Mission #9, SGT Jerry W. Dobbins, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS - KIA |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft was struck by a bob from above and crashed. He was Killed in Action (KIA). |
Revisions
Removed Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Corrected Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42:
http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf. Re-numbered missions after #4 to $5 through #9. Mission report of 6-Dec-42 had erroenously listed DOBBINS as ROBBINS and I didn't catch it until I started working the loss of B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me". Gary Moncur advised of error and he corrected in at the 303BG website Mission Report of 6 Dec-42.
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Louis M. Shulstad crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-schulstad.html
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Louis M. Shulstad crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-schulstad.html
Lee Cunningham 5-Feb-2016. Added initial assignment and arrival in UK info to Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Louis M. Shulstad crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-schulstad.html
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 15571 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jan-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA description Burial description and Biography narrative per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE, added SN per MACR 15571.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15571, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 65