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Carl J Dye Jr

Military

  • Capt Callahan and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, based in England, pose beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102411

    Capt Callahan and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, based in England, pose beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102411 "Miss Lace". 14 October 1944. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10216-61690AC.

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People

  • Donald Aagesen

    Military | Captain | Pilot/Co-Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
    Donald C Aageson served as a pilot with the 303rd Bomb Group. He flew 29 missions. ...

  • Charles Callahan

    Military | Captain | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group

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Units served with

  • 8th Air Force

    8th Air Force


    Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ...

  • 303rd Bomb Group

    303rd Bomb Group

    Group
    The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...

  • 427th Bomb Squadron

    427th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-102411

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Cheyenne 1/3/44; Hunter 21/3/44; Grenier 10/4/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-Y/P] Molesworth 30/4/44; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 28/3/45. MISS LACE.

Associated Place

  • Molesworth

    Military site : airfield
    Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...

Events

Event Location Date
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
Not yet known
Highest rank
Second Lieutenant
Role/job
Navigator
Awards
  • Purple Heart

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
17 July 2019 08:09:07 Normaze3 Changes to awards
Sources

8th AF News - June 2010
Date Contributor Update
27 February 2017 15:50:06 Al_Skiff Changes to person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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Key Image ID.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:05:07 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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

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