Joseph L Hudson

Military
media-19275.jpeg UPL 19275 Nance Pg 2 Missing Air Crew Reports

MACR 141from AFHRA/RSA Maxwell AFB, AL 27 Apr 2007
Nephew John G Gorse

Object Number - UPL 19275 - Nance Pg 2

B-17 #4229752 ditched in Channel 13 May 1943. Returned to base. May also have a mention in Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 161 by Bishop & Hey for 24 June 1943, B17 41-9174 was on a navigational test flight when problems developed on takeoff.

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4230355 'Dallas Rebel. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Norville John Gorse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734078, 16058815
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

41-9174

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron
US Correspondent William Shirer (middle, with glasses) meets the 40-mission veteran 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "We The People" and its crew. Passed for publication 4 Jul 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'William Shirer Sees Veteran Flying Fortress "We The People". Famous U.S. Correspondent William Shirer, whose book on Germany was a great success, visited a U.S. Flying Fortresses[sic] station in England where he saw the veteran plane "We The People" which has carried out 40 missions.

42-29752

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

42-30355

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dallas Rebel
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

28 July 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/1240

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to events and aircraft associations
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 141;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 141; Roll of Honor,  Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 117, Snetterton Falcons by Doherty and Ward p. 20; Snetterton Falcons, pg 24

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