Gardner W. Wright

S/Sgt
KIA
Waist Gunner
335
0
17

KIA - 4/11/1944 on Mission to Rostock, Germany in Aircraft 42-31462 "Roarin' Bill". At 1326, Gardner was hit by a 20MM round from German fighter right after bombs were dropped on target.

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Missions

  Mission Aircraft Crew Status Call Sign Squadron MACR
Crew members 12/22/1943 Munster (Germany) 42-39884 - (B-17G) D.G. Ginsberg Sortie N 336
Crew members 01/30/1944 Brunswick (Germany) 42-3263 - Slightly Dangerous (B-17F) D.G. Ginsberg Sortie V 335
Crew members 02/13/1944 Noball 19 (France) 42-3263 - Slightly Dangerous (B-17F) D.G. Ginsberg Sortie V 335
Crew members 02/20/1944 Rostock (Germany) 42-39793 - (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie Y 412
Crew members 02/22/1944 Schweinfurt (Germany) 42-31251 - (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie P 412
Crew members 02/24/1944 Rostock (Germany) 42-31320 - I'll Be Around (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie M 412
Crew members 02/25/1944 Regensburg (Germany) 42-30353 - Ten Knights in a Bar Room (B-17F) R.A. Woodcock Sortie C 335
Crew members 03/02/1944 Chartres (France) 42-31565 - Lassie Come Home (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie U 335
Crew members 03/03/1944 Berlin (Germany) 42-31632 - (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Recalled Q 335
Crew members 03/08/1944 Berlin (Germany) 42-31632 - (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie Z 335
Crew members 03/13/1944 Noball 78 (France) 42-37889 - Pride of Vhelhalis (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie L 335
Crew members 03/15/1944 Brunswick (Germany) 42-31600 - Pride of New Mexico (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie M 335
Crew members 03/19/1944 Noball 5 or 88 (France) 42-31632 - (B-17G) R.A. Woodcock Sortie Z 335
Crew members 03/26/1944 Noball 10A (France) 42-31600 - Pride of New Mexico (B-17G) H.M. Baumgartner Sortie M 335
Crew members 03/28/1944 Chateaudun (France) 42-31632 - (B-17G) H.M. Baumgartner Sortie Z 335
Crew members 04/10/1944 Beaumont-sur-Oise (France) 42-31063 - Spook VI (B-17G) J.W. Whitcomb Sortie T 335
Crew members 04/11/1944 Rostock (Germany) 42-31462 - Roarin' Bill (B-17G) J.W. Whitcomb Sortie R 335