42-97405

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 27/4/44; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-H] Molesworth 30/4/44; Missing in Action (15m) French A/fds 22/6/44 with Roger Erickson, Navigator: Larry Ross, ex/n-Emilio Sbrolla, Bombardier: Dick Merz, Waist gunner: Elwood Schoonmaker (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Capt Bob Lynch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Roszell, Radio Operator: Frank Schuler, Ball turret gunner: Joe Chudej,Tail gunner: Ken Krogh (5 Returned to Duty); flak KOd two engines, headed home, ditched Channel, five miles off Beachy Head, Sussex, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 7131. MARY CARY.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

Josef R Chudel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Roger Winston Erickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O687568
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth R Krogh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert J Lynch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Dick W Merz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 22 June 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database