Douglas L Sheets
Military12 August 1943 on mission to oil refinery in Germany, hit by flak after bombs away. B17 42-29874 'El Conquistador' fell behing and was attacked by fighters. With engines 3 & 4 knocked out, 1 crew member killed and 3 injured, plane landed wheels up at Leiston which was still under construction.
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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: El Conquistador
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 231