41-24516 Meltin Pot

Assigned 368BS/306BG Westover 24-August-42; Gander, Nfd 6-September 1942, ditched Lough Foyle, N.I. near Magilligan Point, Londonderry, 6-September-1942 en route Prestwick, then Thurleigh. Down in shallow water, crew walked ashore (10RTD) Written off 31-October 44. MELTIN’ POT. No MACR.



P Capt William (Curtis) Melton (RTD); CP Alexander Kramarinko (RTD)

N 2Lt Charles L. Grimes (RTD) B Robert T. Levy (RTD)

E/TTG SSgt William L. Cherry (RTD); RO Mahlon E. Snover (RTD)

BTG SSgy Leland J. Kessler (RTD) WG Gilbert G. Shoemaker (RTD)

TG SSgt Ernest P Garland (RTD); PASS 2Lt Jesse L.Wilburn (RTD)

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6278073
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660486
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
An airman of the 306th Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24487) nicknamed "Eager Beaver".
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15074078
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
Lieutenant Alexander Kramarinko of the 303rd Bomb Group with the engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 16 Dec 1942. Printed caption on reverse: '"Good Old Chi-Town". Lt. Alexander Kramarinko of the Air Corps used to be in the Swiss Dairy Bar at Haywood, Illinois. He lived with his parents at 1931 Potomac Avenue, Chicago andhis fieancee is Miss Jean Neuman at 323 Tremont Ave. Kenmore, N.Y. His very inclusive message is "Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to Good old Chi-Town." O.P.S. sho
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16035409 and O-661851
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Magilligan Point, Limavady, Limavady BT49, UK 6 September 1942 Aircraft lost two engines en-route to Thurleigh and was ditched into the sea near Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014, "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014 Mfg added.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014, "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log