Vance E Travelstead

Military

B-17G #42-39908 was attacked by fighters, fell off into a dive, burst into flames, exploded in mid-air and crashed ENE of Boxtel on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Evaded.

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Units served with

385th Bomb Group

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

550th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39908

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Places

Replica entrance sign at Great Ashfield, home of the 385th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Replica of entrance to Station 155.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Pilot Point, Texas, USA
Other Evaded	Germany	23 March 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Pilot Point, Texas, USA

Other

Evaded

Germany

23 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:21

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3321 / MACR 3321, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database