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UPL 37619
"General Travis and Colonel Lyle with lead crew on bombing mission to Marienburg, Germany, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England 9 April 1944."
Rear L-R: 2Lt Dallas E Kendall, Brig Gen Robert F Travis, Col Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt George T Orvis Jr, 1Lt Ingvald M Iverson, 1Lt Everett Z Randall.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John B Price, S/Sgt John R Chancellor, S/Sgt Andrew G Benevento, T/Sgt Willie T Sparks, S/Sgt Craig Warren Winters.
Rear L-R: 2Lt Dallas E Kendall, Brig Gen Robert F Travis, Col Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt George T Orvis Jr, 1Lt Ingvald M Iverson, 1Lt Everett Z Randall.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John B Price, S/Sgt John R Chancellor, S/Sgt Andrew G Benevento, T/Sgt Willie T Sparks, S/Sgt Craig Warren Winters.
Delivered Long Beach 27/9/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-N] Molesworth 14/1/44, 427BS [GN-N]; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with Grafton Smith, Melvin Alderman, D.L. Massingill, George Parker, Ray Miller, Albt Dussliere, Melvin Howell (7 Returned to Duty); Edwin Gardner, Bill Dohm (2 Prisoner of War); 100m, sal 6/2/45. BUZZ BLONDE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-392754
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682553
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35257747 / O-809719
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 January 1945 |
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11575 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database