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Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 30/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with John Brown, Co-pilot: Sam Baxter, Navigator: Bill Kramer, Bombardier: Emmett Dohogne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cyril Burry, Radio Operator: Randolph Page, Ball turret gunner: Milford Rahn, Waist gunner: Leroy Moseby, Waist gunner: Bartholomew Synan,Tail gunner: John Doback (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed 19 Tornquiststraße, Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5174.
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395052.jpg?itok=JpkC_TPL)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458191.jpg?itok=LzuZ2zXF)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Tornquiststraße, Hamburg | 24 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5174 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database