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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Tinker 10/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-C] Alconbury 3/4/43; mission to Hamburg 26/7/43 with Bob Campbell [severely WIA], Co-pilot: John Morgan, Navigator: Keith Koske, Bombardier: Asa Irwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tyre Weaver [WIA], Radio Operator: ?, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ford, rest-?; force landed RAF Foulsham; rep, Podington 11/9/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-C] Kimbolton 19/9/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA 27/4/44; Spokane 6/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 30/7/45. (cp-Morgan earned MOH for bringing ship home virtually with one arm while holding injured pilot back from controls. RUTHIE II.
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Killed in Action (KIA). He was hit in the back of the head and killed. The co-pilot had to hold him off the controls before someone from the crew could get to the front to check on them. They were under heavy attack. A shell had entered from the right...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29945. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 482nd Bomb Group
John Morgan served as a co-pilot with the 482nd Bomb Group. On 26 July 1943, he flew damaged B-17 #42-29802 back to base after pilot was seriously injured and aircraft was badly damaged. For over 2 hours he flew it one handed because he had to hold the...
Military | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
On 26 July 43 Sergeant Weaver's plane, B-17 42-29802, was hit by German Fighters, there was a loud explosion on top of the plane and Weaver dropped near the navigator Keith Koske, with his arm blown off at the shoulder.
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Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this...
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| 18 January 2020 18:01:16 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations |
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Added connections to 326th BS & 92nd BG. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 January 2020 17:56:11 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space(s) to the "Summary biography" for readability. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 January 2020 20:43:09 | jmoore43 | Changes to nicknames |
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Added the plane's nickname. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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