42-2967 Shak Hak

B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak" was Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-G] Bangor 18-Sep-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42. 

Missing in Action 16-Feb-42 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the Brest Peninsula. 10KIA MACR 15116. 

 

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727120
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16036237
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-442237
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Squadron Adjutant; Pilot; Group Operations Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11030710
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15084160
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

16 February 1943 Shot down by fighters and ditched into the English Channel near the Brest Peninsula.

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Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Hisstorian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 16-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/016.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Added Mission Participations list to Description per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian: http://www.303rdbg.com/

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Lee Cunningham 30-Jan-2015. Added nickname and FTR event description per 303rd BG Mission Report of 16-Feb-43 http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/016.pdf and MACR 15116 ; Added markings per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Description added Aircraft and nickname, converted dates to military-style signification, added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition per 303rd Bomb Group Mission Report of 16-Feb-43; formatted crew display.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15116 / MACR 4697 & 3302 A / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database