Vincent Noel
Military16 July 1943 crashed after take-off on practice mission in B-17 42-30305 'Flak Shack'. One of 3 survivors. Upon recovery of the crash wounds, Noel requested to remain with squadron.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Shack
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added an Association to the A/C #42-30305 listed in the "Summary biography".
Combat Chronology Supplement, Century Bombers p. 14, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 184 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia