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Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/358BS while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by an FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. Aircraft was at the tail end of the low squadron. Only the pilot was lost. According to Russell Strong in his book "First over Germany", Liscavage had been injured in the first attack. He was pulled from there by Horstman and Huddle and was helped out of the plane by crewmates. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/368BS while serving as Navigator. The aircraft was attacked by an FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards as Rennes, France. Aircraft was at the tail...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/368BS while serving as Pilot. Aircraft was shot down by FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to attack the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. Aircraft was flying as the "Tail...
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
1Lt Edris was transferred from the 92nd BG/325th BS on 31 Dec 1942. He was on 1st Lt. Robert P. 'Rip' Riordan crew.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
He was an original member of the group. He flew on Otto Buddenbaum crew. Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/368BS while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/368BS while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft was attacked by a FW 180 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at RenneS, France. Aircraft was at the tail...
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/369BS while serving as Right Waist Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by an FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. The aircraft was...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Enlisted 26 June 1941 and was in the 34th BG Westover Field, MA; went to Pendlton Field, OR from Westover with 34th on transfer. Applied for and sent to AM school Yakima, WA. Finished school and transferred to the 306th at Wendover.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514 while serving as Tail Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by an FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. Aircraft was at the tail end of the...
Military | Flight Lieutenant | Bombardier | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 8 March 1943 in B-17F #41-24514, 306BG/368BS while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft was attacked by a FW-190 after Spitfire escort left while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rennes, France. Aircraft was at the tail end...
Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F-20-BO 41-24514 was assigned to the 368BS/306BG [BO- ] AT Westover 24-Aug-42; Thurleigh 23-Sep-42; Missing in Action, Rennes 8-Mar-43. Aircraft was on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Renne, France when it was attacked and shot...
8 March 1943
The railroad marshalling yards at Rennes and Rouen, France are the primary targets for this mission. A formation comprised of 67 B-17s: 91BG (14); 303BG (19); 305BG (16) and 306BG (18) is despatched to bomb at Rennes. Conditions are good with no cloud...
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Zagan, Poland | 8 March 1943 – 12 June 1945 |
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Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control 12-Jun-45. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 June 2021 08:31:50 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, biography and person associations |
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MACR 6088 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 March 2020 20:28:55 | 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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 July 2015 22:39:51 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to biography, awards, events, place associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 30-Jul-2015. Added decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter and unit association; added target information per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 6088. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 6088,, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 89, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp.76-78 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6088 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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