Ferrell A Mann

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24568 'Lady Fairweather' while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the sea near Belle-Ile en Mer, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 3 Operation (1 was aborted). See Biography events.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Fairweather
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

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Assigned to Aircraft

Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA 27 July 1942 Assigned as a Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather", 303BG/359BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas.

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Arrived at Station

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 25 October 1942 Arrived with B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK.

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Mission #1, SSGT Ferrell A. Mann, w/B-17F 41-24568, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 18 November 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK.

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Belle Île, France 23 November 1942 Killed when the aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the sea near Belle-Ile en Mer, France.

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Mission #3, SSGT Ferrell A. Mann, w/B-17F 41-24568, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 23 November 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters into the sea. KIA

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Mission #2, SSGT Ferrell A. Mann, w/B-17F 41-24568, 303BG/359BS - Aborted

Lorient, France 22 November 1943 Assigned as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24568 "Lady Fairweather", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but the mission was aborted by the pilot. No reason stated in Mission Report. RTB OK.

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Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Arrived as Station event per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne, B-17F 41-24568 history summary.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncru, Historian, Arthur E. Reddig crew page.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added sevice number per MACR 15075; added mission participation clause to Summary Biography and made connections fo all mission participation based on reaserch of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian.

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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014. Edited biography for crash location, added KI A event per MACR 15075; added Commemoration event per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record.

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Lee Cunningham 6-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15075; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15075 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48