Sergeant (Sgt), B-17F Flying Fortress Waist Gunner, 358th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II; European Theater of Operations [Molesworth Air Base, England]. Killed in Action (KIA): unable to make a successful exit B-17 41-24582 "One O' Clock Jump" on 12 Dec 1942.
B-17F 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump', assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Bangor 11-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Despatched 12-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but weather prevented bombing of that target and the Railroad Marshalling Yards at Rouen/Sotteville, France were attacked as a target of last resort. The aircraft went into a spin (possibly as a result of prop wash) on the way to the target and crashed near Fontainebleau, France (2 KIA, 5 POW & 3 EVD; Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) 16031. This was the first aircraft loss for 358BS and the third combat mission for this tail number.
B-17F 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump', assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Bangor 11-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Despatched 12-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but weather prevented bombing of that target and the Railroad Marshalling Yards at Rouen/Sotteville, France were attacked as a target of last resort. The aircraft went into a spin (possibly as a result of prop wash) on the way to the target and crashed near Fontainebleau, France (2 KIA, 5 POW & 3 EVD; Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) 16031. This was the first aircraft loss for 358BS and the third combat mission for this tail number.
Sergeant (Sgt), B-17F Flying Fortress Waist Gunner, 358th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II; European Theater of Operations [Molesworth Air Base, England]. Killed in Action (KIA): unable to make a successful exit B-17 41-24582 "One O' Clock Jump" on 12 Dec 1942.
B-17F 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump', assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Bangor 11-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Despatched 12-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but weather prevented bombing of that target and the Railroad Marshalling Yards at Rouen/Sotteville, France were attacked as a target of last resort. The aircraft went into a spin (possibly as a result of prop wash) on the way to the target and crashed near Fontainebleau, France (2 KIA, 5 POW & 3 EVD; Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) 16031. This was the first aircraft loss for 358BS and the third combat mission for this tail number.
B-17F 41-24582 'One O'Clock Jump', assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Bangor 11-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Despatched 12-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but weather prevented bombing of that target and the Railroad Marshalling Yards at Rouen/Sotteville, France were attacked as a target of last resort. The aircraft went into a spin (possibly as a result of prop wash) on the way to the target and crashed near Fontainebleau, France (2 KIA, 5 POW & 3 EVD; Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) 16031. This was the first aircraft loss for 358BS and the third combat mission for this tail number.
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Sergeant (Sgt), 358th Bombardment Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
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