Benjamin L Hope

Military

Prisoner of War. Hit by flak and crashed at Chivres on 6/28/44 in B-17 'The Bad Penny' 42-31200.



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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

Hand coloured portrait of Sergeant John Ingbert Snede, 303rd Bomb Group c.1944.

John Ingbert Snede

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37575877
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

Sergeant Albert Steele Jr, Corporal Alvin Funk and Master Sergeant Earnest Malott with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group

42-31200

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Crow
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

28 June 1944

Born

Rock Creek, Kansas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6740