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42-37979

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF- ] Chelveston 5/1/44; Missing in Action Kiel 22/5/44 with Cecil Gerber, Co-pilot: Houison Reed, Navigator: Edmund Wageman, Bombardier: Orval Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Anderson, Radio Operator: Junior Leavell, Ball turret gunner: John Gault, Waist gunner: Bill Hamilton, Waist gunner: Alphonse Kneupper,Tail gunner: Gordon Willis (10 Killed in Action); flak damage, crashed Kiel Navy Yard, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4951.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Robert D Anderson

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

John R Gault

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

Cecil M Gerber

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

William Loving Hamilton

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33125658
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Alphonse A Kneupper

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist 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

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

22 May 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:47

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4951 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database