Dennis C Hart

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

26-Jul-42 Asssigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Garbage".



Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24620 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).



Participated in 2 Operations. See Biography events.



Purple Heart

Connections

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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: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Two airmen of the 303rd Bomb Group admire the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Iza Vailable". Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Keystone Press Agency, 'Sacred' and U.S. Official Photograph O.W.I. [Stamps].
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Iza Vailable
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Assigned to Aircraft

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 26 July 1942 Assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Other

Arrival in UK

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 16 October 1942 Arrived a t Molesworth, UK as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS.

Other

Mission #1, TSGT Dennis C. Hart, w/B-17F 42-2973, 303BG/360BS

Lorient, France 30 December 1942 Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 42-2973 "Iza Vailable", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2, TSGT Dennis C. Hart, w/B-17F 41-24620, 303BG/360BS - KIA

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24620 "Snap! Crackle! Pop!", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down and he was Killed in Action (KIA)

Born

Woods County, Oklahoma

Buried

Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot K, Row 14, Grave 9.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bois d'Escoublac, 44500 La Baule-Escoublac, France 3 January 1943 Killed when aircraft sustained damage from AA fire and enemy fighters and crashed into the Forest of Escoublac, France west of St. Nazaire.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016, Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016, Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added Arrival in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added initial assigment and airrvial info to Summary Biography; made connections to Aircraft and Missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 15-Jan-2015. Added SN, crew position and KIA event per MACR 15464; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; added crew position to biography per MACR 15464.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, WWII Memorial web site, MACR 15464 / MACR 15464 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database