Donald K Oakes

Military
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash-landed in Switzerland 17 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '17/8/43. 100BG. Switzerland.' media-407356.jpg FRE 4095 A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group " HIGH LIFE" piloted by Lt Oakes that has crash-landed in Switzerland 17 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '17/8/43. 100BG. Switzerland.' Roger Freeman Collection

Michael Faley -100th BG Historian

Object Number - FRE 4095 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group " HIGH LIFE" piloted by Lt Oakes that has crash-landed in Switzerland 17 August 1943. Handwritten...

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30080 'High Life'. Crashed in Switzerland. Interned.



Post war Donald was the owner of Oakes Lumber ||Co. in Hesperia Calif. He died June 25th 1991 of respiratory failure.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30080

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peg O'My Heart / High Life
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

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Born

Riverside, California, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 17 August 1943

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'Splasher Six'

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Added S/N per MACR 683 at Fold3.com.

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Added a connection to the 100th BG listed in the A/C description.

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Added the nickname listed for this person in the A/C “Description” section.

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Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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Information gathered after visiting the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 683 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Donald K Oakes: Gallery (2 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash-landed in Switzerland 17 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '17/8/43. 100BG. Switzerland.'

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