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B-17F 42-4078 was delivered Tulsa 15-Sep-42; Presque Is 19-Oct-42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C] Chelveston Nov-42. Shot down 30-Dec-42 by enemy aircraft on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Crashed into the Bay of Biscay, France. Missing in Action. 10 KIA No MACR issued.
Pilot 1Lt Floyd E. Love (KIA)
CoPilot 2Lt Kent H. Wolfsen (KIA)
Navigator Frank J. Watchtel (KIA)
Bombardier 2Lt Lawrence Goreski (KIA)
E TSgt Raymond N. Kirkendoll (KIA)
RO TSgt Roland B. Digman (KIA)
BTG SSgt Raymond E Bandy (KIA)
Waist Gunner Sgt Robert E. Joyce (KIA)
Waist Gunner Larry C. DeBruin (KIA)
TG SSgt Peter G. Galarza (KIA)
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B-17F 42-4078 was delivered Tulsa 15-Sep-42; Presque Is 19-Oct-42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C] Chelveston Nov-42. Shot down 30-Dec-42 by enemy aircraft on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Crashed into the Bay of Biscay, France. Missing in Action. 10 KIA No MACR issued.
Pilot 1Lt Floyd E. Love (KIA)
CoPilot 2Lt Kent H. Wolfsen (KIA)
Navigator Frank J. Watchtel (KIA)
Bombardier 2Lt Lawrence Goreski (KIA)
E TSgt Raymond N. Kirkendoll (KIA)
RO TSgt Roland B. Digman (KIA)
BTG SSgt Raymond E Bandy (KIA)
Waist Gunner Sgt Robert E. Joyce (KIA)
Waist Gunner Larry C. DeBruin (KIA)
TG SSgt Peter G. Galarza (KIA)
Inscription
TSGT, 366 AAF BOMB SQ, 305 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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