Rudolph C Garcia
MilitaryOn 9 November 1942 assigned target U/B at St. Nazaire, France. On return, crashed into field beyond runway in B-17F #41-24494.
Shot down 18 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24474 'Floozy' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Floozy was hit by flak over St. Nazaire damaging an engine, letting down over the Bay of Biscay, it was hit again by flak and by FW 190's and was ditched 2 miles off of Ile d'Oussant, off the tip of the Brest Peninsula. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 16448 does NOT list him as being with this crew. However, the MACR was prepared after the war and it is possible that he got omitted.
POW
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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
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 9 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
3 November 1920 | ||
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Other Ditched |
Ushant, France | 18 November 1942 | Managed to exit the aircraft when it was ditched into the sea. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Added 41-24447 event to description as it was cited in the original ingest and also in 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. HOWEVER, this could NOT be confirmed from MACR 16448. Service number based on National Archives Records Administration(NARA) Enlistment records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Hey and Bishop pp.45-47