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Battle damage on 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29699 'Old Battle Axe.' Plane ditched in North Sea. The crew was rescued and returned to base.
On return from Schweinfurt, 14 October 1943, the crew bailed out of battle damaged B-17, 42-3037 near Deenethorpe; the aircraft crash-landed near Corby, UK.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/43; 94th Bomb Group Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Presque Is 9/4/43; Assigned 332nd Bomb Squadron/94th Bomb Group [XM-F] Earls Colne 12/5/43 named 'FIFI'; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred to...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/43
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14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
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| Born | 1921 | |
| Enlisted | Tennessee, USA | 28 August 1942 |
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Residence: Roane county, Tennessee |
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| Assigned | Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 15 August 1943 |
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Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #71 dated 15 August 1943, William Merriman Price III Crew. 25 combat missions. |
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| Promoted | 25 September 1943 | |
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Promoted to Technical Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Order #104 dated 25 September 1943. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 April 2016 03:50:06 | bombercommand | Changes to events |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=248 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 April 2016 03:49:09 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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2016-04-04, Consolidated with information from AAM duplicate file http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/138157 http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=248 https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b... |
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