Damifino II
Aircraft Serial #: 42-30259
Damifino II XR-N
DAMIFINO 230259 XR-N on Mission to Trondheim, Norway in July 1943. Lt Gossage flew 230259 on Sept 24, 1943 practice mission and was shot down. (100th BG Archives)
Names: Damifino II
Squadron: 349th | Squadron Marking: XR | Tail Marking: N
Pilot: LT JOHN GOSSAGE
MACR: 00778
Notes
Damifino II
Crew Information
5 KIA, 5 RMC
History
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 3, 1943 | Accepted into inventory |
| May 8, 1943 | Cheyenne |
| May 25, 1943 | Smoky Hill |
| June 7, 1943 | Dow |
| June 9, 1943 | Assigned to UK |
| July 4, 1943 | RES |
| July 10, 1943 | REM - hatch came off of ball turret |
| July 29, 1943 | REM - engine trouble |
| August 15, 1943 | RES |
| August 27, 1943 | RES |
| September 24, 1943 | NCS OW - Fighters - North Sea |
| September 24, 1943 | NCS OW - Fighters - North Sea |
Comments
Hi Mike. I posted a Happy Veteran's Day message with a picture of my father on this site. Deb Dalton responded and said her uncle, Ward Dalton was also in the 349th and was KIA September '43. We messaged back and forth and determined that Ward Dalton was navigator and was sitting next to my father in the nose of Damdifino II when it was shot down over the North Sea on a practice mission! Amazingly small world made smaller by the internet and sites like this. BTW, I don't know if you knew but I was contacted by a historian from Europe who told me that a Luftwaffe ace named Franz Ruhl claimed Damifino II on September 24, 1943. Bob Don (son of Theodore Don)
