Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-C] Nuthampstead 27/4/44; (25m) Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Wilbur Dwyer, Co-pilot: Claude Williams, Navigator: Joe Mute, Bombardier: Bob Woolley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ted Boerman, Ball turret gunner: Dick Lowry,Tail gunner: Bob Harrington (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Gene Zoldy, Waist gunner: Leon Ford (2 evaded capture); flak KO’d #3, crashed Wanfercee, NE of Charleroi, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 7823 [?7822]. STINKER.
Service
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Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allied...
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People
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Charlroi on 7/28/44 in B-17 Stinker #42102579
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD) Shot down by flak and crashed at Charlroi on 7/28/44 in B-17 Stinker #42102579. Returned to England 9 Sept 1944 from Missing in Action (MIA) status
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Charlroi on 7/28/44 in B-17 Stinker #42102579
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 398th Bomb Group
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Crashed while taking off on runway #17 at Nuthampstead on 26 July 1944.
POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Charlroi on 7/28/44 in B-17 Stinker #42102579
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Charlroi on 7/28/44 in B-17 Stinker #42102579
POW
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 398th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD) Shot down by flak and crashed at Charlrow on 7/28/44 in B-17 Stinker 42-102579. Returned to England 5 Sept 1944 from Missing in Action (MIA) status
Places
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Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
Events
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
28 July 1944 |