Samuel D Easter

Military

15-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".



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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Sergeant Peter Soria of the 303rd Bomb Group swings the propellor of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24567) nicknamed "Beats Me!?". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238766.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Naturally most U.S. boys in Britain wish they were back home and Sergt. Peter Soria of the U.S. Air Corps is no exception. He sends a message to that effect to his home at 172 and Hoyne Aven
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Beats Me
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shak Hak
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

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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.

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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

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “Mexico” was misspelled.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster