41-24566 Zombie

B-17F 41-24566 'Zombie' [BN-W] was assigned 303BG/359BS [BN-W] at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico on 23-Jun-42. Stationed at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan until 3-Oct-42 when it went to Bangor, Maine for deployment to England.; Molesworth 25-Oct-42. Shot down 20-Dec-42 by enemy aircraft, crashed in Channel, off Dieppe, France while on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. 10KIA MACR 15708. 

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People

Harold A Kinsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15084364
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Francis M McMurtry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791051
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Bernard W Millett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6872499
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Warner E Renner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35166487
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Major Eugene Allen Romig, an airman of the 303rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257539.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Holder of the D.F.C. and Air Medal, Major Eugene Allen Romig, aged 25, is now serving with the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain as a pilot. His home address is 910 Troy Place, N.W. Canton, Ohio, and in civil life he was a student. U 76. Not to be published before April 20, 1943.'

Eugene Allen Romig

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (351st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-21856
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Assigned to Group

23 June 1942 Assigned to the 306BG/359BS on 23-Jun-42 at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico. Original Crew P 1LT Orville S. Witt; CP 2LT George C. Woodman N 2LT Donald H. Brightbill; B 2LT Wilmer E. Dyar E/TTG SSGT Lyle C. Woods; RO CPL Edmund R. Thornton BTG SSGT Warner E. Renner; LWG Not assigned RWG Not assigned; TG SSGT Lawrence C. Thomas

Other

Station Transfer

7 August 1942 - 3 October 1942 Stations at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Other

Station Transfer for Deployment

3 October 1942 - 24 October 1942 Transferred to Bangor, Maine in preparation for deployment to England.

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

20 December 1942 Shot down by enemy aircraft near the Channel coast.

Revisions

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http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 10-Dec-2015 . Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 10-Dec-2015. Added Mission # 1 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015 Correcting Mission #5 title and noteformat.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added transfer to Bangor, Maine per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added ASsigned to Group event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Mission particpation list to Biography summary and made connections to all mission participations per my research on 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Corrected typo on BACHOM.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Edited description, converted dates to military-style designations, added aircraft nickname; added target information, formatted crew information to include rank and proper name; all information per MACR 15708 and "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15708 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database