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Delivered Tulsa 23/3/44; 88BG Hunter 18/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-E] Bassingbourn 15/6/44.



Missing in Action Chartres A/fd 1/8/44 with Art Stevens, Gordon Dixon, Tom Schuerell, Eldred Baskin, Gordon Carrell, John Leszkowicz, Paul Taliaferro (8 Killed in Action).

Larry Doyle (Prisoner of War);



Flak, crashed Chartres, France.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Eldred Wright Baskin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34267955
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Gordon E Carrell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Gordon W Dixon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Laurence E Doyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17042662
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John Leszkowicz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 1 August 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7807 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database