Military
Morton C Perkins crew: CoPilot 2Lt Walter W Kamstra, Nav 2Lt Robert J Wallace, Tog Sgt Arlan R Allen, Eng S/Sgt Charles F Carlson, RO S/Sgt Gerald G Little, Ball Sgt Walter G Beckwith, Tail Sgt John T McDonald, Waist Sgt Warren L Partsch.
Assigned 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Mechanical problems en route Berlin, left them for the return journey 26-Feb-45 force landed at Zolotonosha, Russia, after a short stay at Poltava they were flown out by Air Transport Cmd. RTD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Plane 48316 [Force landed Russia] returned from mission 26-Feb-45 [RTD].
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 27/8/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-C] Molesworth 25/8/44; Mechanical problems en route Berlin with 2Lt Morton Perkins left them short of fuel for the return journey 26-Feb-45 landed at Zolotonosha, Russia [10 x RTD];...
26 February 1945
Narrative - Official Air Force Mission Description
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Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
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| Born | Vaghn, NM | 23 December 1923 |
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Son of Archie Ray and Mary Elizabeth [Eaker] Allen. |
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| Lived in | Vaghn, NM | June 1942 |
| Based | Molesworth | January 1945 – May 1945 |
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Assigned 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 missions between 15-Feb-45 and 20-Apr-45 |
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| Forced landing Mech | Zolotonosha, Russia | 26 February 1945 |
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Short of fuel, due to mech problems, Force landed Zolotonosha, Russia. RTD |
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| Returned from Russia | 26 February 1945 – 12 March 1945 | |
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Guest of the Russians. Returned to base 12-Mar-45. Flown out of Zolotonosha to Russian airbase. Shipped to Poltava, Russia by train, then back to London with US Air Transport Cmd via stops in Tehran, Iran; Cairo, Egypt; Tobruk, North Africa; Athens, Greece and Naples, Italy |
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| 14 February 2019 10:53:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/161243275?terms=Walter%20Kamstra |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 February 2019 10:32:16 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/161243275?terms=Walter%20Kamstra |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 February 2019 14:53:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 193-194, Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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