Phillip Baxter
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Navigator. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41024503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Navigator. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier, Bombardier; Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Bombardier. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner Flew in lead group to attack St. Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Captain | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Radio Operator. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Tail Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Major | Command Pilot, Pilot, Mission | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as the mission Command Pilot for 91BG on the mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Co-Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed into sea
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F 41-24503 'Pandora's Box' assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-E] Bangor 30-August-42; Bassingbourn 29-September-42; Missing in Action 23-Nov-42 while flying as Group Lead on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Enemy aircraft shot out #3,...
23 November 1942
The U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France are the Primary (P) for this mission. A combined force of 50 B-17s despatched from 91BG (10), 303BG (12), 305BG (20) and 306BG (8) to attack this target. 91BG is not able to put any of their group on the target,...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Event | Location | Date |
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Killed in Action (KIA) | Île d'Houat, France | 23 November 1942 |
Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the sea near the Ile d'Houat, France. His remains were never recovered. |
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Commemorated | Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | 1945 |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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26 February 2018 14:27:49 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename and person associations |
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completed middle name & connected with other crew members |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 November 2014 20:36:12 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to events |
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Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16162; added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
05 November 2014 21:54:33 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, place associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16162; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:16:21 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16162 / MACR 16162, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |