Samuel Bogan Morse

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed shortly after take-off on a local night training mission in B-17F 42-29930 'Miss Patricia' 23-Oct-43, Killed non Operational (KNO)



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leonard Edward Jokerst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17061485 / O-737961
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29930

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Qui-nine the bitter dose, miss patricia
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Willow, OK 73673, USA 15 December 1905 Son of James Samuel and Martha Ellen [Bogan] Morse.

Enlisted

Lubbock, TX, USA 24 August 1942 Lubbock, Texas

Died

Keyston, Huntingdon PE28 0RF, UK 23 October 1943 Crashed shortly after takeoff on a local night training mission in B-17F 42-29930 'Miss Patricia' 23-Oct-43. KNO

Buried

24 October 1943 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot E Row 4 Grave 81

Based

Molesworth 23 October 1943 Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Gray County, TX, USA

Buried

Hillcrest Cemetery McLean Gray County, TX Memorialised Hillcrest Cemetery McLean Gray County, TX

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

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 350,