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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
![First Lieutenant George J Oxrider a Pilot of the 303rd Bomb Group changes a record. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257527.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Changing a record on the radiogram at his British base, is 1st Lieut. (Pilot) George J. Oxrider of 437, Allwen Street, Dayton, Ohio, holder of the D.F.C., the Air Medal and 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. A pre-medical student at the University of Cincinnati and aged](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378852.jpg.webp?itok=y9DO9yls)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15067056 / O-435983
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 28 March 1943
- Date: 22 March 1943
- Date: 18 March 1943
- Date: 13 March 1943
- Date: 12 March 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
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
303rd Bomb Group records
Edited "Biography" to allow ease of information
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15228 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database