422nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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15 September 1943
Not yet known
5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS join a night mission with the RAF to bomb the Dunlop Rubber Factory at Montlucon, France. There are no losses or claims.
DUNLOP RUBBER FACTORY
B-17 Flying Fortress
5 B-17 of 305th Bomb Group/422SQD join RAF in night raid
Squadron
Tonnage dropped | 11.00 |
Number of aircraft Sent | 5 |
Number of aircraft Effective | 5 |
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer | 388th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot/Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak enroute to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt and again on the return on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-3500. Most of crew baled out, pilot was wounded so LtCol Alford, the H2X operator, made a forced landing near Winterswijk, Holland....
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 16 September 1943
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
various sources list his middle name as "no middle name/initial", Anton, Anthony
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Kearney 10/6/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 11/7/43; Returned to the USA 30/3/44. Salvaged 4/1/46. MR YANK II.
Date | Contributor | Update |
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23 June 2015 17:03:02 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to description |
Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Added Detailed Description based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:43:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |