Cassius E Morse

Military

On 26-Feb-43 he was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) having served as the Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24623, 305BG/365BS. The aircraft sustained damage from AA fire over the target at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. SSGT Kekseo was able to bail out of the aircraft and was captured. The aircraft was then shot down by German fighters and crashed into the Jadebusen (Jade Bight) just east of Wilhelmashaven, Germany. The NARA POW database does not record the POW camp location where he was held.

POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24623

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California 2 April 1905

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Wilhelmshaven, Germany 26 February 1943 - 4 July 1945 Camp location not recorded in record. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a misspelled word in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 20-Jun-2015. Added service number and POW event per MACR 16054; Added decorations per existing website data Added loss details to Summary Biography and location to POW event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added Place, Aircraft and Mission connections within existing website data; Added POW date, A/C model number ,unit associations and crew position to Summary Biography.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16054, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65