Jack Edwards
Military | Navigator | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
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Anthony L Buckley
Military
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #4124564 'Patches. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Service
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L Fecteau
Military | Radio Operator
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Joseph Gorman
Military | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
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Joseph Kane
Military | Captain | Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Flew 25 Combat Missions out of England. One of two to return from Schweinfurt 14 October 1943. At times flew Group, Squadron and Wing Lead. Was in the Air Force for 10 yrs and 30 yrs as an airline pilot. Discharged from Travis AFB, 1950. ... -
Charles Lozenski
Military | Staff Sergeant | Airplane Armorer Gunner | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Charles Lozenski served as an aerial gunner with the 365th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Chelveston, England. Was on the Kane/Normand Crew 14/10/43 A/C #42-3412 1 of 2 planes to return out of 15 from the 305th that day. -
Argyle Townswick
Military | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
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305th Bomb Group Can Do
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to... -
365th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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41-24564 PATCHES
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-W] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Doug Mutschler, Co-pilot: Ed Carter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carlton Boberg (3 Killed in Action), Navigator: Bill Bagwell... -
41-24575 Sunrise Serenader
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-S] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 19/9/43; detailed Bremen 13/11/43 but recalled with Ralph Connell, Co-pilot: Albt Doman, Navigator: Larry Angthius, Bombardier...
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 70
29 June 1943
1st Bomb Wing despatches two formations: one has the air depot at Villacoublay, France as their primary; and one has the Luftwaffe airfield at Tricqueville, France as their primary. ...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 17 August 1943 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 May 2019 03:18:15 | CHARLIE B | Changes to person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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AAF Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 July 2017 15:52:10 | Lucy May | Changes to role, biography and events |
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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 300 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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