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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2872.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17 #42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2872.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Sioux City 14/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-R] Kimbolton 2/5/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Rome 1/9/44; Williams 20/3/45; La Junta 29/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-N] Kimbolton 22/4/43; returned Osnabruck 22/12/43 with Ken Davis, Co-pilot: Chas Fowler, Navigator: Paul Clark, Bombardier: Stan Dolgin, Flight...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/43; Gore 28/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-B] Alconbury 26/5/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA-A] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Returned to the USA 30/4/44; Hendricks 29/7/44; Maxwell 9/10/44; Hendricks 31...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-V] Kimbolton 1/6/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 4/8/44; APH Knettishall, Crashed due to flak short of target [Oldenburg power station]...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/9/43; Gr Isle 7/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 19/11/43; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Capt Harry Simons, Co-pilot: John Robins, Navigator: Bob Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Fallon, Radio...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Romulus 24/10/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 22/11/43; with Keith Phinney crash landed into Duxford base quarters, 4 CREW & 5 EM killed 21/1/45; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 25/1/45. LONDON...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 7/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Y] Kimbolton 1/6/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ken Davis, Co-pilot: Chas Fowler, Navigator: Paul Clark, Bombardier: Stan Dolgin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-S] Kimbolton 22/11/43; during assembly for mid-air coll with #42-31441 (303 BG), with Wayne Maresh, Co-pilot: Frank Mailander, Navigator: Bob Romme, Bombardier: Burton Kashatt,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 26/2/43; Denver 3/3/43; Smoky Hill 25/3/43; Homestead 7/4/43; Morrison 12/4/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 10/5/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 17/8/45; Reconstruction Finance...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 2/3/43; Sioux City 19/3/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG Bassingbourn 25/4/43 THE BETTER HALF; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-P/D] Kimbolton 18/5/43; 527BS [FO-D]; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43, with Larry Hoveland, Co-pilot...
22 February 1944
The German aircraft industry is again targeted in Day 3 of BIG WEEK. A combined total od 789 bombers (maximum effort) are dispatched from 1st 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. Fighter opposition is heavy and bomber losses in 1st Air Division are massive - 39...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Other location
Other location
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| Born | Pelahatchee, Mississippi, USA | 6 May 1917 |
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Son of Hamilton and Mary Frances [Anderson] Till. |
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| Based | Kimbolton | September 1943 – 22 February 1944 |
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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Munster, Germany | 22 February 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wernigeerode in B-17F 42-31028; Hit by flak, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Munster, Germany on 22-Feb-44. POW MACR 2872 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Tychowo, Poland | 22 February 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Died | Memphis, Shelby County, TN | 26 September 1983 |
| Buried | Oxford Memorial Cemetery Oxford, Lafayette County, MS | 29 September 1983 |
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Oxford Memorial Cemetery |
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| 30 April 2021 10:01:49 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 April 2021 19:42:55 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 February 2021 12:16:12 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and comnsistency |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 March 2020 21:03:09 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 September 2019 16:11:51 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/638860251?rec=635361487 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2872 / MACR 2872, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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