Carl Du Bose

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 25 (Bill Spragins) crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in B-17 42-107176 'Univited Missionaries'; crashed into channel Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11801



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

People

William Echols Spragins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19188108 / O-780054
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107176

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Uninvited Missionaires / The Missionaires
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Missions

803

  • Date: 21 January 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

North Sea 21 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in B-17 42-107176 'Univited Missionaries'; crashed into channel KIA MACR 11801

Born

Danville, Virginia Son of Samuel Porcher and Hallie [Tucker] Du Bose. Aged four and a half at 1930 census.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Framlingham 21 January 1945 Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289336/carl-du_bose

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

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Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11801