Military
Capt Erskine S Dollarhide, Jr
Capt. Erskine Dollarhide Jr was Killed In Action flying his third and final mission to the synthetic rubber plant located at Huls Germany on June 22, 1943. As part of a composite strike force of the 525thBS/379th BG (H) & 303rd BG (H) Dollarhide led the 2nd element of the 3rd squadron.
Enemy aircraft attacked the formation at approximately 09:15AM just prior to their reaching the IP of their bomb run. His B17F 42-29946 was damaged by 20 mm cannon fire causing the aircraft to spin, tumble and crash.
He was last seen by SSgt Lloyd Donelson LT Waist gunner who reported that Dollarhide apparently uninjured was pinned into his seat by the spinning motion of the aircraft. SSgt Donelson stated that Dollarhide tapped his shoulder as the sergeant exited the airplane. Dollarhide is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery Belgium.
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Gore 16/3/43; Cheyenne 22/3/43; Walla Walla 2/4/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 4/5/43;
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 20/7/43; Cheyenne 22/7/43; Dyersburg 1/9/43; 4100 BU Patterson 3/8/44; 326 BU MacDill 29/10/44; 327 BU Drew 18/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.
29 May 1943
Three primary targets are selected for this mission. The U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France are selected as the target for a force of 169 B-17s despatched from: 91BG (23); 92BG (22), 303BG (30); 305BG (25) 306BG (24); 351BG (21) and 379BG (24). This is...
11 June 1943
The harbour facilities, port areas and U-Boat pens at Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. This is the largest number of heavy bombers yet despatched on a single mission - 252. This is the first mission flown...
22 June 1943
The German rubber industry (Chemische Werke Hüls AG) at Marl (district Hüls-Nord), Germany, is the primary objective of this mission and is assigned to the Bomb Groups with the most expericence. Also the industrial area of Antwerp, Belgium is assigned...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
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| Born | Long Branch, NJ 07740, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | 47839 Hüls, Germany | 22 June 1943 |
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Plot B Row 10 Grave 6 |
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| 22 June 2016 10:42:25 | Lucy May | Changes to biography, events and place associations |
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| 03 November 2015 21:39:53 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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| 30 October 2015 10:53:29 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to biography |
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| 29 October 2015 10:47:39 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to biography |
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| 28 October 2015 17:30:01 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to biography |
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| 28 October 2015 12:13:42 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to mission associations |
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| 28 October 2015 12:11:58 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to mission associations |
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| 28 October 2015 11:43:57 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to biography |
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| 27 October 2015 12:41:22 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to biography and events |
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| 27 October 2015 12:33:29 | Hobie@64205 | Changes to service number and awards |
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| 27 September 2014 18:09:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1294; 379th Bomb Group Anthology pg 265 |
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