358th Bomb Squadron
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B-17F 'One O'Clock Jump' 41-24582 VK-G William W Frost Crew - 358th BS, 303rd BG, 8AF USAAF.
Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays [CoPilot], 2nd Lt Joe R Phillips [Nav], 2nd Lt Leon W Brownlee [Bomb]
TSgt Kenneth G Hildebrand [Eng/tt gun], Sgt Joseph E Powers [Radio], Sgt Floyd J Shaw [Ball], Sgt William S Devine [L Waist],
Sgt Billie K Davis [R Waist], Sgt James R Toney, Jr [Tail].
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Units
People
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Leon Brownlee
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' while serving as Navigator 12-Dec-1942. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew 2 Operations (see Biography events). -
Billie Davis
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Unable to make a successful exit B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA). -
William Devine
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Waist Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW). FLew 2 Operations (see Biography events). -
William Frost
Military | Captain | Pilot
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump' 12-Dec-42 while serving as Pilot and was captured (POW). Aircraft went into a flat spin and crashed near Fontainebleau, France. All of the crew except the Right Waist Gunner and the Ball Turret Gunner were... -
Kenneth Hildebrand
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Baled out 12-Dec-1942 from B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Evaded. Flew 2 Operations (see Biography events) -
Robert Mays
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Bailed out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft went into a flat spin near Fontainebleau, France and crashed. He evaded capture. Flew 2 Operations (see Biography events). First pilot to escape Occupied Europe. -
Joe Phillips
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft went into a flat spin 48 minutes after crossing the French coast and crashed near Fontainebleau. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew 2 Operations (see Biography events) -
Joseph Powers
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Radio Operator. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew 3 Operations (see Biography events) -
Floyd Shaw
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Failed to exit B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA). Flew on 2 Operations (see Biography events) -
James Toney
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Tail Gunner. Evaded. Flew 2 Operations (see Biography events)
Aircraft
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41-24582 One O'Clock Jump
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump', assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Bangor 11-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Despatched 12-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but weather prevented bombing of that target and the...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 November 2015 21:16:15 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations and aircraft associations |
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