Albert Barber
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Ingersall J Roberts
Military
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Lt Roberts and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, based In England, pose beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102411 'Miss Lace'. 14 October 1944. Front row (not in order) : T/Sgt Alf Riveland (engineer) : T/Sgt Frank Renzi (radio) : S/Sgt Harold A. Carlson (ball turret gunner): S/Sgt Gerald R. Campbell (waist gunner): S/Sgt Albert P. Barber (tail gunner). Back row (not in order) 1Lt Ingersall J. Roberts (pilot) : 2Lt Arthur Bluethenthal (copilot) : F/O Floyd L. Clark (navigator) : F/O Lloyd I. Long (bombardier). NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10217-A61690AC
Service
People
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Arthur Bluethenthal
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
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Gerald Campbell
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x missions. End Tour Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. -
Harold Carlson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball turret | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. -
Floyd Clark
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
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Lloyd Long
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
30 missions, about 16 as lead Bombardier AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster Shot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 42-97787. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). DFC/ PH/ Bronze Star/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster -
Frank Renzi
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. -
Alf Riveland
Military | Technical Sergeant | Airplane Armorer-Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 combat missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Units served with
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303rd Bomb Group
Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New... -
427th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-102411 'Miss Lace'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Cheyenne 1/3/44; Hunter 21/3/44; Grenier 10/4/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-Y/P] Molesworth 30/4/44; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 28/3/45. MISS LACE. -
43-31060 'Poque Ma Hone'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Visited Koblenz 11-Oct-44, 1Lt Ingersall J Roberts crew.
Associated Place
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Molesworth
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
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Revisions
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| 05 March 2017 19:45:01 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, role, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:13:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.303rdbg.com/427roberts.html |
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