3rd Bomb Division
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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42-31924
B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-17G 42-31924 'Ol' Dog' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
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B-17G 42-31924 'Ol' Dog' 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 5/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-Q] Horham 2/2/44; over Berlin 18/4/44 with A.V. Bowden,Tail gunner: Elbert E. Hargraves (Killed in Action). Flew 41 missions. Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44 with Pilot Norman A. Ulrich, Co-pilot: George D. Reiff, Navigator: Ralph W. Smithberger, Bombardier: Don T. Payne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon E. Anderson, Radio Operator: Norman H. Phillips, Ball turret gunner: Rubin Schulman, Waist gunner: Eugene H. Buhler, Waist gunner: Lawrence E. English,Tail gunner: Norman J. Hines; enemy aircraft, crash landed Brunau, near Packebusch, 30km SE of Salzwedel, Germany and all 10 men on board were immediately arrested - Missing Air Crew Report 5343. OL' DOG. Writer Robert Forsyth has written a chapter about the plane and its crew in his book “Fw 190 Sturmböcke Vs B-17 Flying Fortress: Europe 1944-45” (Osprey Publishing - November 2009).
Service
Units
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
334th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Leon Anderson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #4231924 'Ol' Dog. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Eugene Buhler
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #4231924 'Ol' Dog. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Lawrence English
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #4231924 'Ol' Dog. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Elbert Hargraves
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on B-17 42-31924 18-Apr-44. Awards: PH. -
Norman Hines
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #4231924 'Ol' Dog. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Harold Lansberry
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. William McPherson crew. 24 x combat missions. ETD Awards: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Lloyd Lunsford
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars). -
Leonard McReynolds
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ... -
Don Payne
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31924 'Ol' Dog. ' Prisoner of War (POW). -
Norman Phillips
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-17 #4231924 'Ol' Dog. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Missions
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379
29 May 1944
Mission #2. The target was an aircraft assembly plant. Flak was exceedingly heavy. We were in the air 7-1/2 hours.
Places
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group.... -
Presque Isle Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
Events
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| Combat damage Crew casualty | Berlin, Germany | 18 April 1944 |
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Over Berlin 18/4/44 with pilot Lt Anthony V. Bowden, Tail gunner: Elbert E Hargraves (Killed in Action). |
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| Crashed | Salzwedel, Germany | 29 May 1944 |
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Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44. Cause - enemy aircraft, crash landed Brunau, near Packebusch, 30km SE of Salzwedel, Germany and all 10 men on board were immediately arrested - Missing Air Crew Report MACR 5343. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 May 2022 11:00:35 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5343 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 May 2016 23:04:08 | gwgrove | Changes to description, events and person associations |
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F/O Anthony V. Bowden served as a co-pilot and a pilot with the 95th BG; there was no W.W. Bowden in the 95th BG, per NARA records. gwg |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 November 2015 11:46:17 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations and person associations |
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AAM DB Entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 July 2015 14:37:55 | ED-BB | Changes to nicknames and description |
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Change to nickname |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 July 2015 11:40:03 | ED-BB | Changes to nicknames, description, events, place associations and mission associations |
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Roger Freeman's B-17 Flying Fortress Story |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5343 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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