Raymond J Kowatch

Military
Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group HU 141114 HU 141114 Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group, taken during training in the US c.1944. The crew are back: Stanley Wardowski, Neal Hainlin, Warren Birnbaum, Charles Eisel; front: George Murphy, Ray Kowatch, Albert Willard, John Snede, not yet known and Donald Wagner.
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Object Number - HU 141114 - Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group, taken during training in...

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

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Prisoner of War

28 June 1944

Born

Stockton, California

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

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Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group

Object number: HU 141114 - Bomber crew portrait with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN...