Robert L Ransom

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Robert Ransom was shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24470 'Sons of Fury' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was ditched into the English Channel and then strafed by German fighters. Killed in Action (KIA). Target was the U/Bote (submarine) base at St. Nazaire, France.

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People

William Musick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39680068
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Grifford Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-724175
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles Stuart Wall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14021787
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Edgar G Whittaker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6144883
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

6 November 1940 Kelly Field, Texas

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 3 January 1943 Killed when aircraft was ditched into the English Channel and then strafed by German fighters. His remains have never been recovered.

Other

Commemorated

Saint-James, France Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery.

Born

New Mexico

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected died event date.

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 16427

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 16427
NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added SN, crew position and KIA event per MACR 16427; Added decorations and Commemorate event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited biography adding crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16427, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61