Meyer Levin
Military
Rear L-R: 1Lt James F Kelley, 1Lt George V Stallings, 1Lt Joseph E Bradbury, 1Lt Frank E. Kulesa.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Meyer Levin, T/Sgt Arthur S Stevens, Sgt Walter K Pallage, S/Sgt John J Stickler, S/Sgt Lawrence C Pierson, S/Sgt Robert H Yattaw, T/Sgt James A Watson.
Object Number - UPL 31542 - Lt Stallings and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, based in England, pose in front of Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Thumper Again"....
17-Feb-42 Assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F #41-24579 [PU-F] "Thumper", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Thumper".
On 23-Jan-32 in B-17F #41-24579 'Thumper' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner the aircraft sustained battle damage on a mission to Lorient, France. The pilot was able to crash-land the aircraft at Lulsgate Bottom, Bristol, UK. TSgt Levin was either wounded in action or injured when he bailed out of the aircraft. However, the injuries were sufficient reason for him to be honorably discharged from the USAAF and returned to the United States.
Participated in 6 Operations (2 were aborted) See Biography events.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-435855
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11033806 / O-791516
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thumper
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 17 February 1942 | Assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS. |
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Other Mission #1, SSGT Meyer Levin, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, SSGT Meyer Levin, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, SSGT Meyer Levin, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, SSGT Meyer Levin, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
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Other Mission #5, SSGT Meyer Levin, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. RTB OK. |
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Other WIA- Injured - Discharged |
Bristol, City of Bristol, UK | 23 January 1943 | Baled out of battle damaged B-17F 41-24579 near Bristol, England. Record is not clear if he was wounded in Action or injured when he baled out. |
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Other Mission #6, SSGT Meyer Levin, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Lorient, France | Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Aircraft sustained battle damage but was able to return to England. The Pilot ordered the crew, other than the Co-Pilot to bale out, which he did. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, John A. Castle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-castle.html
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to AIrcraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, John A. Castle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-castle.html
Lee Cunningham 2-Feb-2016. Added intital assignment and arrival info to Sumary Biography; made connections to all missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, John A. Castle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-castle.html
Lee Cunningham 12-Feb-2015. Added SN, WIA event and Biography based on 303rd Bomb Group website, historian Gary Moncur, made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K