Samuel D Easter
Military15-Jul-42 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 42-2967 [PU G] "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Shak HaK".
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 15 July 1942 | Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS. |
Other Mission #1, SSGT Samuel D. Easter, w/B-17F 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 42-2967 "Shak HaK", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, SSGT Samuel D. Easter, w/B-17F 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 42-2967 "Shak HaK", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, SSGT Samuel D. Easter, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS - WIA/RTB |
Saint-Nazaire, France | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. Beleived to have been WIA on this mission. RTB/WIA |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “Mexico” was misspelled.
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pd
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pd
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pd
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 26-Feb-2016. Added initial assignment and arrival in UK info to Summary Biography; Made connections to Place, Aircraft (through 23-Nov-42) and Missions (through 23-Nov-42) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster