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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F #41-24563 "Garbage"
Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-H] Bangor 14/10/42; Molesworth 16/10/42; on training flight with Arthur Adams, Co-pilot: Gene Witterstetter, Navigator: Glen Herrington, Bombardier: Mike Libonatti, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lew Hart, Radio Operator: Alfd Union, Ball turret gunner: Ed Durant, Waist gunner: Alan Magee, Tail gunner: Jim Gordon, pass-Lt Roy Christianson (10 Returned to Duty); poor weather caused force landed on third attempt Luton 11/11/43 hit RAF Anson EF939. Salvaged. GARBAGE.
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
Military | Captain | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
26-Jul-42 Assigned as Pilot of B-17F 41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS with crew at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK, aboard "Garbage".
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
26-Jul-42 Assigned as Aerial Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK, aboard "Garbage".
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
26-Jul-42 Assigned as Aerial Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK, aboard "Garbage".
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 303rd Bomb Group
11 November 1942 in B-17 #412456 'Garbage', while on a training flight, poor weather conditions contributed to accident on landing 'Garbage'
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
26-Jul-42 Assigned as Navigator of B-17F #41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS with at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK, aboard "Garbage".
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Jun-42 Assigned as a Ball Turret Gunner with the 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 303BG records to do not indicate that we was permanently assigned to a crew and do not specify when he arrived in the UK.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
26-Jul-42 Assigned as Radio Operator on B-17F #41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Garbage."
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
27-Jul-42 Assigned as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24563 [PU-H], "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived Molesworth, UK aboard "Garbage".
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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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | 11 November 1942 | |
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Crash landed due to bad weather |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 February 2022 19:49:57 | jmoore43 | Changes to description |
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 May 2020 14:56:51 | CastleBren | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations and person associations |
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303rd Bomb Group records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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