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Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 9/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-B] Kimbolton 5/5/44; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-Q] Molesworth 12/5/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Jim Hahn, Bombardier: Jack Benford, Radio Operator: John Conkling (chute failed), Ball turret gunner: Andy Darbrowski, Waist gunner: Bob Proctor (chute failed), Tail gunner: Hans Howald (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Fulks, Navigator: Chas Olson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Kalasky (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #4, then right wing alight, crashed Halchter, SE of Wolfenbuettel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9412.

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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

Jack Harry Benford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19136077 / O-760021
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Richard Conkling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15113754
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Andrew Anthony Dabrowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16119255
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James Orrin Fulks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061137 / O-705016
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James Theodore Hahn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758448
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 28 September 1944

Revisions

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ContributorKauko56
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Sources

corrected some typos

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9412 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database