Flew from this airfield
— Station 107 Molesworth —
Left Panel:
303rd Bomb Group (H) 8th Air Force
Arrived UK - 12 Sep 42
First Combat Mission 17 Nov 42
Last Combat Mission 25 Apr 45
365 Combat Missions
(The most of any 8AF B-17 Group)
10,721 Sorties - 378 Enemy aircraft destroyed
First 8 AF B-17 to reach
25 missions - "Hells' Angels"
First 8AF B-17 to reach
50 and 75 missions - "Knock-Out Dropper"
First 8AF Bomb Group to reach
300 missions - 9 Jan 45
Distinguished Unit Citation
for mission of 11 Jan 44
303rd Bomb Group airmen awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor:
1LT Jack Mathis - 18 Mar 43
TSGT Forrest Vosler - 20 Dec 43
841 Killed in Action
747 Taken Prisoner of War
210 B-17's Lost (Combat and Training)
Center Panel:
303rd Bombardment Group (H)
"Hell's Angels"
Flew from this airfield
Station 107 Molesworth
1942-1945
They never turned back in the face of the enemy
Right Panel:
303rd Bombardment Group (H)
Activated Pendleton Field, Oregon 3 Feb 42 - Deactivate Casablanca, Morocco 25 Jul 45
Combat Commanders
James H. Wallace Jul 42-Feb 43
Charles E. Marion Feb 43-Jul 43
Kermit D. Stevens Jul 43-Oct 44
Lewis E. Lyle (acting) Sep 44-Oct 44
Richard. Cole (acting) Oct 44
William S. Raper Oct 44-Apr 45
William C. Sipes Apr 45-Jun 45
Squadrons Assigned
58th Bomb Squadron VK
359th Bomb Squadron BN
360th Bomb Squadron PU
427th Bomb Squadron GN
Support Organizations
44th Sub Depot
3rd Station Complement SQ
1681st Ordnance S&M Co
1199th Military Police Co
863rd Chemical Co
18th Weather Sq Det 107
2097th Engineers Fire-Fighting Plt
1114th Quartermaster Co
202nd Finance Section
303rd Station Hospital
249th Medical Det
Company E 156th Inf
328th Service Sq
8AF Dental Det
3rd Provisional Gas Defense Det
425th Air Service Group
Flower Holder:
Remembered with honor
Back of monument:
Center Panel:
Might in Flight
Right Panel:
He lived to bear his country's arms.
He died to save its honor.
He was a soldier, and he knew a soldier's duty.
His sacrifice will help to keep aglow
the flaming tourch that light our lives,
that millions yet unborn
may know the priceless joy of liberty.
And we who pay him homage
and revere his memory,
in solemn pride rededicate ourselves
to a complete fulfilment of the task
for which he so gallantly has placed his life
upon the alter of man's freedom.
GEN H. H. Arnold
Commanding General
U.S. Army Air Forces
Dedicated to the gallant
American airmen
of the
303rd Bomb Group
who sacrificed their lives
for the cause of freedom
Additional Marker (Airfield Map):
Station 107 Molesworth
1942-1948
303rd Bomb Group Memorial
Comments 0 comments