Charles Bennett
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. - Evaded.
See his page at www.evasioncomete.org >>> Fiches.
William J Barrett
Military
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TSgt William J Barrett was a B-17 radio operator during WWII, assigned to 91st BG 323rd BS. Killed in action on 17 aug 43, flying aboard 42-29559 "Stupntakit"
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Killed in Action (KIA).
2 other crew members were killed; 4 were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade capture, but one of them was caught just before reaching Spain. See the evaders' pages at www.evasioncomete.org (search on 42-29559)
Service
People
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Ford Cowherd
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Evaded capture with the help of the Belgian COMETE evasion network. See http://www.evasioncomete.org where Ford Cowherd and other evadees on his crew have a page. Search on 42-29559. -
Stanley Dahlman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Robert Gaynor
Military | Staff Sergeant | Assistant Engineer / Right Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit. ' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 278. 3 crew members were killed; 4, including Gaynor were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade capture, but one of them was caught... -
John Greager
Military | Sergeant | Assistant Radio Operator / Ball Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Prisoner of War (POW). 3 crew members were killed; 4, including Greager were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade capture, but one of them was caught just before... -
Thomas Hunt
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Killed in Action (KIA). Thomas Hunt was a replacement crew member for that mission. 2 other crew members were killed; 4 were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade... -
Maurice Sullivan
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Seriously wounded. Prisoner of War (POW). -
Edward Troy
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Prisoner of War (POW).3 crew members were killed; 4, including Troy were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade capture, but one of them was caught just before... -
Adrian Van Bemmel
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Initially evaded, helped by the Belgian COMETE evasion network. Traveled through Belgium and France on his way to Spain. Was arrested in Saint-Jean-de-Luz near the Spanish border on 10 September...
Units served with
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91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
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... -
323rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-29559 Stupntakit
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/1/43; Salina 13/1/43; Homestead 1/2/43; Morrison 6/2/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Q] Bassingbourn 25/2/43; Missing in Action 13m Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Pilot Charles A. Bennett; Co-Pilot Stanley A. Dahlman; Navigator Adrian T. Van...
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 84
17 August 1943
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
Associated Place
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Bassingbourn
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | 1908 |
| Enlisted | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 10 April 1942 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | near Testelt, Belgium | 17 August 1943 |
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Was in the plane when it blew up. His remains were found in the wreckage and buried at the Saint-Trond (Sint-Truiden), Belgium, military cemetery on 19 August 1943. After the war, they were transferred to the Ardennes American military cemetery. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 July 2016 16:29:29 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, events and media associations |
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Associated image from http://www.findagrave.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 April 2015 09:24:38 | ED-BB | Changes to service number, role, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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NARA WWII Enlistment records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:28:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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