Military
On 8 Nov 1942, on first mission, B-17F #41-24570 "Panhandle Doggie" 91BG/323BS suffered severe damage on the mission to bomb the German airfield Abbeville/Drucat but plane returned with all crew and was salvaged. He was serving as Radio Operator on that aircraft. The navigator and bombardier were wounded.
Killed in Action 3 January 1943 in B-17F #42-5084 'Panhandle Doggie II' 91BG/323BS while serving as Radio Operator Aircraft received severe damage from flak over the target of St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the sea near Belle Ile-en-Mer, France. His remains have never been recovered.
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F 41-24570 "Panhandle Dogie" Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR- ] Bangor 10-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 11-Oct-42; damaged on first mission Abbeville 8-Nov-42 limped back to base, and became a Hangar Queen; Salvaged BD 27-Nov-42 10RTD.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F 42-5084 'Panhandle Dogie II" 91BG/323BS [OR- ] Bassingbourn 14-Dec-42. This is the second aicraft so named by the pilot. Delivered Tulsa 16-Sep-42; New Castle 10-Oct-42; Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43 hit by intense flak, crashed off L...
8 November 1942
Two Primary (P) targets are the objects of this mission: the German airfield of Drucat at Abbeville, France and the Atclier d'Hellemmes locomotive works at Lille, France. 91BG despatches 15 B-17s to Abbeville and 301BG and 306BG despatch a combined...
3 January 1943
The U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France are once again the target for this mission. This is proving to be a particularly difficult target to destroy due to its massive, reinforced concrete design. It consists of 14 individual pens connected together in...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
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| Born | Michigan | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Belle Île, France | 3 January 1943 |
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Killed when aircraft was severely damaged by flak over the target of St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the sea near Belle Ile-en-Mer, France. |
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| Commemorated | Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | 1945 |
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Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
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| 18 March 2020 04:11:04 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added 2 characters to the nickname of A/C #42-5084. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 March 2020 04:00:12 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| 14 January 2015 14:34:03 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 2286 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 January 2015 22:08:09 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to events |
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Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2015. Added Commeoration event per Amercian Battle Monumnet Commission (ABMC) Record. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 January 2015 22:05:41 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to biography |
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Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2015. Crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 January 2015 22:02:14 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to service number, role, awards, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMG) record; added SN per MACR 2286; Added crew positionper "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE. COMBINED data from a duplicate entry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2286, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44, 60 |
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