Dale Edward Trautman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31447 'Cookie' 11-Apr-44; plane crashed into Baltic. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3811





Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15019304 / O-803299
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (serial number 42-31718) and (BX-D, serial number 42-31447) nicknamed "Cookie" of the 96th Bomb Group in flight. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-BO.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cookie
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Herrick, SD 8 November 1923 Son of Herbert L Trautman.

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 14 November 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Died

Baltic Sea 11 April 1944

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Snetterton Heath 11 April 1944 Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK
Winner, SD Student at NYA.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3811 / MACR 3811; Snetterton Falcons, page 99 & 130 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database