42-5430 Pappy, Good Snuf

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/42

54 Fry Gp Salina 4/1/43

Morrison 5/2/43

Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-V] Molesworth 25/2/43



Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43



Four killed in action:

-Pilot: Rolland Haines

-Radio Operator: Ken Kalk

-Left Waist gunner: Ray Martin

-Tail gunner: Chas Davis



Six taken prisoner:

-Co-pilot: Mayer Kramer

-Navigator: Dominic DeLorenzo

-Bombardier: Tony Morse

-Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Garcia

-Ball turret gunner: Allen Foster

-Right Waist gunner: Bob Morgan



*Collided with Fw 190, crashed near Aschhausen, NE of Lake Zwischenahner, Germany

Missing Air Crew Report 15228

"PAPPY" aka "GOOD SNUF"

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061487
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791571
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19067289
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19085406
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Aschhausen, Germany 11 June 1943 - 11 June 1943 Almost immediately after the bombs were released, flak hit the plane, causing the No. 1 and 3 engines to trail oil and lose power shortly after. The ship went into a steep dive, but leveled out. At that point, FW-190s attacked the Fort*, eventually resulting in the crew bailing out. One crewman, already wounded, died either in the air or drowned upon landing. Three went down with the plane, with the other seven being taken prisoner. Two of the survivors landed in the lake, one (Foster) being picked up by a launch, the other (Garcia) being taken prisoner on the shoreline. MACR 15228 *It is possible that the ship collided with a FW-190

Revisions

Date
ContributorCastleBren
Changes
Sources

303rd Bomb Group records

Edited "Biography" to allow ease of information

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15228 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database