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42-30724 Devastating Dottie

Object Number - UPL 19573 - Crew - Devastating Dottie

Delivered Dallas 17/7/43; Scott 8/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 20/8/43; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-D] Chelveston 31/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Stephen Barker, John Farley, Paul Wilson, Vince Durante, Billy Peyton, Sherman Crews, John Baudoin, John McAllister, Bill Hastings (9 Prisoner of War), Merle Wood (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Cuxhaven, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1685.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group Can Do

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Stephen W Barker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

John B Baudoin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 364th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14059607
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Donald Paul Breeden

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 364th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-745041
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Sherman A Crews

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Vincent M Durante

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Cuxhaven, Germany

5 January 1944

Revisions

Date1 Nov 2016 16:02:05

Contributorwimhm.slangen

Sources

Wim Slangen

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:32

ContributorAAM

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1685 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 19573 - Crew - Devastating Dottie