42-39786 G. I. Sheets

media-41439.jpeg UPL 41439

Picture gived by my great aunt "Eugénie LAMBERT" member of the Belgian resistance and of the "Comet line". She housed james fowler and maybe other crew member after they plane was shot down and landed in "Solre-Saint-Géry Belgium"

Object Number - UPL 41439

Delivered Long Beach 30/8/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-R] Molesworth 18/10/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Jim Fowler, Bombardier: Alvin Taylor Wounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Curtis Finley, Radio Operator: Don Dinwiddie, Tail gunner: Jack Ferguson Wounded in Action (5 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bernie Rawlings, Navigator: Joe Thompson Wounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Dick Arrington, Waist gunner: Loren Zimmer (4 evaded capture via Spain, Sept ‘44), Waist gunner: Miller Jackson (Killed in Action); feathered #3 & #4 KO’d, hit by Fw190, crashed Soire St Gery, 17 miles SW of Charleroi, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 2260. G.I. SHEETS.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard Arrington

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18044163
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Donald J Dinwiddie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17128831
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Jack D Ferguson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19040444
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Curtis E Finley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6863712
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James F Fowler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801945
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 January 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the 8th AF.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorFran
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Name of the plane

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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