Ben W Bragg

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40256.jpeg UPL 40256 "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November 1943."

Rear L-R: Lt's Noel E. Shoup, Walter E. Ulbricht, Byron F. Clark, James Litherland.
Front L-R: Sgt's Harry Conray Ross, William L. Hostetter Jr, Donald Bernard Harrison, Nick Asvestos, Ben W. Bragg, Robert T. Gribble.

Object Number - UPL 40256 - "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November...

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18075216 / O-672887
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

B-17 42-5308 & 42-5306 Brand New
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Corpus Christi, TX 7 March 1939 Corpus Christi, Texas

Died

Abbeville, France 28 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863

Buried

Abbeville WWI cemetery 3 March 1944 Interred Abbeville WWI cemetery

Born

Nueces County, TX Enlistment record shows 1855, but he would have been 84yrs old when he enlisted in 1939 !!

Buried

Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 22 Grave 35

Based

Molesworth 28 February 1944 Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Springfield, IL Husband of ??

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