44-8268

Object Number - UPL 37481 - Missing Crew Report 11251 B-17G 44-8268 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group

Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Cheyenne 6/8/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG Chelveston 29/9/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 1/1/45 with Ed Soden, Alex Turanski, Ken Dilts, Bill Burlingame, Gerald Kinder (5 Killed in Action); Aaron Loughead, Mack Bray, Bob Dezelick, Clinton Moore, Eugene "Gene" Martinson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Magdeburg; Missing Air Crew Report 11251.

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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

People

Mack Bray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William R Burlingame

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert S Dezelick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Kenneth Lawrence Dilts

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16083112
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Gerald J Kinder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

774

  • Date: 1 January 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 1 January 1945

Revisions

Date23 Feb 2019 21:39:09
Contributoralbe
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

NARA Missing Crew Report 11251

Date23 Feb 2019 20:42:34
Contributoralbe
ChangesChanges to description and media associations
Sources

NARA - USAAF Missing Crew Report 11251

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:56
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11251 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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