William S Devine

Military
media-19158.jpeg UPL 19158 B-17F 'One O'Clock Jump' 41-24582 VK-G William W Frost Crew - 358th BS, 303rd BG, 8AF USAAF.
Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays [CoPilot], 2nd Lt Joe R Phillips [Nav], 2nd Lt Leon W Brownlee [Bomb]
TSgt Kenneth G Hildebrand [Eng/tt gun], Sgt Joseph E Powers [Radio], Sgt Floyd J Shaw [Ball], Sgt William S Devine [L Waist],
Sgt Billie K Davis [R Waist], Sgt James R Toney, Jr [Tail].

Object Number - UPL 19158 - B-17F 'One O'Clock Jump' 41-24582 VK-G William W Frost Crew - 358th BS, 303rd BG, 8AF USAAF. Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays...

Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Waist Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW). FLew 2 Operations (see Biography events).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: One O'Clock Jump
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Mission #1 SGT William S. Devine w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 23 November 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 42-24582, "one O'C'lock Jump", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK)

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 12 December 1942 - 22 June 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria, Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 22 Jun-45.

Other

Mission #2 SGT William S. Devine, w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS

Rouen, France 12 December 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 42-24582, "one O'C'lock Jump", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. (POW)

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015 Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian:http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16031; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16031, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 53

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