Fairce Conner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
492nd BG - 856th BS
Standing Left to Right: Milton K. Goodridge (P), Abraham Schonfeld (N), Earl Davis (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Everette Bolte (G), Charles Ippolito (R/O), James Stuckey (G), John Stazen (G), Theodore Kossey (FE), Fairce Conner (G)
This crew was shot down on their 33rd mission. The plane blew up over the Baltic Sea. The only survivor was Goodridge who was blown clear by the explosion and rescued from the sea by the Germans.
Object Number - UPL 20930 - Milton K. Goodridge Crew 492nd BG - 856th BS Standing Left to Right: Milton K. Goodridge (P), Abraham Schonfeld (N), Earl Davis (CP) Kneeling...
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby # 4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807820
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, KY, USA | 6 August 1941 | |
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Died |
Baltic Sea | 20 June 1944 | The Goodridge Crew 812 was one of the many casualties suffered by the 492nd on 20 Jun 44 during a bombing raid on the well defended oil refineries at Politz. While approaching the target from the Baltic Sea, the Group came under an attack by the Luftwaffe. The crew's plane was hit by cannon fire. It lost a wing, rolled over and dove. Then it blew up. Goodridge, the only survivor, didn't jump but was blown from the plane. He was picked up by a German patrol boat. The rest of his crew was claimed by the Baltic. 8 KIA, 1 POW, MACR 7081. |
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Born |
Kentucky, USA | ||
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Buried |
Tablet of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery | ||
| Estill County, KY, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
MACR 7081 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Contributor466thHistorian
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Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7081