Samuel L Craig

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 Knucklehead. UPL 28228 UPL 28228 Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 'Knucklehead'.
Standing, left to right: R. T. Neary (navigator), W. M. Bagot (co-pilot), E. H. Patterson (pilot), J. H. Williamson (bombardier)
Kneeling, left to right: Samuel Craig (radio operator), Mario Panetti (assistant radio operator), Albeny Blanchard (tail gunner), Sherwood Renner (engineer), Curby F. Simerson (aerial gunner), ? Gessner (assistant engineer). Walter McRae Bagot

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Object Number - UPL 28228 - Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 'Knucklehead'. Standing, left to right: R. T. Neary (navigator), W. M. Bagot (co-pilot), E. H. Patterson...

Killed in Action (KIA). On return to base B-17 #42-37869 crashed at Oakhampton returning from Atlantic weather reconnaissance mission. 5 KNO +2 RTD +1 RAF

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, USA 13 February 1912

Died

Okehampton EX20, UK 25 December 1943

Buried

2040 Wellwood Ave, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA At Long Island National Cemetery

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Added Samuel Craig's name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55775109/samuel-l-craig

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Normsn Malaney, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 439

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