William L Hoover

Military
media-26666.jpeg UPL 26666 Lead crew of bombing mission to Lutzkendorf, Germany, pose in front of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8137. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 10 September 1944. Pilot Colonel Richard H Cole.

https://www.fold3.com/image/161280289/?terms=44-8137

Object Number - UPL 26666 - Lead crew of bombing mission to Lutzkendorf, Germany, pose in front of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8137. 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group,...

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Signed up for second tour. 44 x missions. End Tour Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Noel N Newell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas J Quinn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-8103
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Lewis Melvin Schulstad

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-442237
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Adjutant / Group Operations Officer

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97058) nicknamed "Scorchy II" of the 303rd Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '303 BG Mount Farm.'

42-97058

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scorchy II
  • Unit: 1st Air Division 41st Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

44-8038

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

44-8137

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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End Tour Duty (ETD) 2

England, UK 4 November 1944 Ended Tour Duty (ETD) [2nd].

Based

Molesworth 4 November 1944 Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Deceased

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/161280289/?terms=44-8137
http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/111.pdf
http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/146.pdf

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-hij.html#H

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