Carl Dye
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
Donald C Aagesen
Military
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Captain Donald C. Aagesen Pilot 303BG - 427BS
Donald C Aageson served as a pilot with the 303rd Bomb Group. He flew 29 missions.
Twenty-nine credited combat missions of 1Lt Donald C. Aageson:
As Combat Crew Pilot: Seventeen missions - 277 (20 Nov 44), 278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 291, 295, 298A, 298B, 300 (AS), 302, 303 (17 January 1945)
As Lead Crew CoPilot or Pilot: Twelve missions - 309 (29 Jan 1945), 310, 311, 317, 321, 326, 330, 334, 343, 351, 363, 364 (25 April 1945)
(AS) - Credited Abortive Sortie - no bombs dropped. For mission dates and targets see the missions list. http://www.303rdbg.com/427aageson.html
Pilot for TWA after the war.
Service
People
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Paul Ellis
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 303rd Bomb Group
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Paul Gray
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
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Donald Hoida
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
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Thomas Keese
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 303rd Bomb Group
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Preston Mckeon
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
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Robert McMullen
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
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Karl Minnis
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
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William Mylan
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
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Robert Sheets
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Units served with
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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
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38734
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Dow Fd 6/10/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-C] Molesworth 22/11/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 26/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for... -
44-8125
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 19/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-Y] Molesworth 5/8/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46. SPARKY. -
44-8238
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 19/7/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-Y] Molesworth 3/10/44; landing accident with Sam Taylor 5/5/45, Salvaged 6/5/45. -
44-8545
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-X] Molesworth 17/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.
Missions
Associated Place
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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 |
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| Born | Jackson Township, Illinois | 3 June 1919 |
| Enlisted | Chicago, Illinois | 19 August 1941 |
| Lived in | Joliet, Illinois | 1947 |
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210 3rd Street |
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| Died | 8 November 1982 | |
| Buried | Elwood, Illinois | 11 November 1982 |
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Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery |
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| Lived in | Lockport, Illinois | 1988 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 November 2018 22:25:35 | 466thHistorian | Changes to surname, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7488/NYT715_7322-0428?pid=302222445... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster, 303rd BG website |
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