Creighton G Doering

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17G #42-31399 on a mission to Dijon, FR on 6 Feb 1944.

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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

Aircraft

The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31399) of the 303rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G 42-31399. 303 BG. 22-2-44. RNAF.'

42-31399

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Dakota 29 July 1917

Died

6 February 1944

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added Creighton G Doering's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/588076/creighton-g-doering

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-1945, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces