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Compiled by Peter F. Cottam, RIBA ASID

305th Bomb Group
Roll of Honour - Mi Amigo
Roll of Honour made by Peter Cottam
42-31322 WF-V

Mi Amigo

Came to Chelveston from
452nd BG 30.1.44

Crashed Endcliffe Park, Sheffield 22.2.44

Bombardier

2nd Lt. Melchor Hernandez

Los Angeles, California

Navigator

2nd Lt. John W Humphrey

Wyoming, Illinois

Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Harry W. Estabrooks

Mound Valley, Kansas

Pilot

1st Lt. John G. Kreigshauser

St Louis, Missouri

Co-Pilot

2nd Lt. Lyle J. Curtis

Wrigg, Idaho

Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Robert E. Mayfield

Raymond, Illinois

Ball Turret

Sgt. Charles H. Tuttle

Raceland, Kentucky

Left Waist Gunner

M/Sgt. George M. Williams

Junction City, Oklahoma

Tail Turret

Sgt. Maurice D. Robbins

San Angelo, Texas

Right Waist Gunner

Sgt. Vito R. Ambrosio

Brooklyn, New York


Mr Tony Foulds was just a schoolboy when he and his friends, saw the plane, crash on 22 February 1944.

Tony Foulds looks after a memorial in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, to the crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress “Mi Amigo” that crashed there.

In Feb 2019 - 75th Anniversary - a fly past was organised. Missouri Governor Mike Parson issued a proclamation to thank Mr Foulds "for his profound devotion to remembering and commemorating the Mi Amigo crew".

The Missouri proclamation states that Mi Amigo was severely damaged by shelling during a raid on an enemy airbase and was flying low searching for a place to make an emergency landing.

Because children, including Tony Foulds, were playing in the park, the pilot Lt John Kriegshauser, from St Louis, crashed the plane into woods just beyond the park, and sadly there were no survivors.


Peter has now donated this plaque to the Star & Garter at Chelveston

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