Military
Bombardier B-17 #42102547 'Rose of York' [62 mission veteran], on return from 63rd bombing mission [ Berlin ], A/C hit by concentrated and accurate AA fire, last contact indicated one engine out and another trailing gasoline, failed to return FTR, posted MIA, crashed into North Sea. Changed to Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Royal Navy (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), BBC War correspondent
Guy Byam Corstiaens (later known as just Guy Byam) had joined the Royal Navy and was among the 68 survivors of the 254 men on board HMS "Jervis Bay" which was sunk on 5 November 1940 in the North Atlantic. Byam had swum through oily waters before being...
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Pilot B-17 #42-102547 'Rose of York' [62 mission veteran], on return from 63rd bombing mission [ Berlin ], A/C hit by concentrated and accurate AA fire, last contact indicated one engine out and another trailing gasoline, failed to return FTR, posted...
Command
Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 2/5/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-F] Thurleigh 5/5/44. Missing in Action 63M Berlin 3 February 1945 with Vernor F. Daley Jr, Co-pilot: Joseph J. Carbine,...
3 February 1945
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Tarentown, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Died | North Sea | 3 February 1945 – 3 February 1945 |
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Tablets of the missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 September 2015 09:48:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nickname, biography and events |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Crede&GSiman=1&GSc... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 September 2015 22:47:34 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/46714644/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12283 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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