Doyle L Dugger

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

He reported to group on 27 Mar 1942. He graduated Pilot class 42-B at Brooks AAB, TX.

Shot down 13 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24471 'Four of a Kind. ' KIA. Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces gives reason for crash as a mid-air collision with B-17 41-24498 occurring 3 miles north of Lille.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

41-24471

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Four of a Kind
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bloomfield, Indiana, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Marcq-en-Barœul, France 13 January 1943 Killed when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24498 306BG/369BS just north of the target at Lille, France. Aircraft crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul, France. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) does not have a listing for this airman as being interred in any American cemetery in Europe. Given the circumstances it is highly probable that his remains were never recovered.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data. Added KIA event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; also reference MACR 15502.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15502 / MACR 15502, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, First Over Germany pg. 23, 63 & 324;