Military
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 15-Aug-44 in B-17 43-37838 'Fearless Fosdick'; Crashed near Beane, Evaded (EVD)
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 15-Aug-44 in B-17 43-37838 'Fearless Fosdick' ; Crashed near Beane, Evaded (EVD)
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Command
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...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Hunter 6/6/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Molesworth 27/6/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 15/8/44 with Capt Arnold Litman, Co-pilot: Larry Stein, Navigator: Wayne Krouskup, Flight engineer/top turret gunner...
15 August 1944
Airfields in NW Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are the primary targets for this mission. 8th Air Force despatches a total of 932 aircraft. The raid is coordinated with 1,000 Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bombers and Mosquitos attacking 9 airfields...
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...
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| Born | Jackson County, MO | 11 November 1923 |
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Son of Harry George and Effie Laveta Card. |
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| Lived in | Independence, MO | 1942 |
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Worked at North American Aviation, Kansas City. |
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| Based | Molesworth | 1944 – 15 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Force Landed EVD | Beaune, France | 15 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) 15-Aug-44 in B-17 43-37838 'Fearless Fosdick'; Crashed near Beane, Evaded (EVD) |
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| Died | Independence, MO | 25 April 1985 |
| Buried | Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, MO | May 1985 |
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Mound Grove Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 January 2019 23:08:18 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28662878 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8440 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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