Everett Edward Culp

Military

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-39785 'Thru Hel'en Hiwater. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

358th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lee Ray Brim

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38341021
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Thomas John Campbell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39262720
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Ronald Hugh Duncan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14119212 at enlistment, then O-693358
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Milton Feinman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32204721 / O-542491
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Herman L Hodge

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 06994484
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-39785

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Thru Hel en Hiwater
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

Places

Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	30 April 1923	Rushsylvania, Logan County, Ohio, United States
Enlisted	23 December 1942	Columbus, Ohio
Other Prisoner of War	22 April 1944	Captured south of Hamm, Germany. Interned at Stalag XVIIB Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 7 June 1945.”
Died	2 November 2014	Bellefontaine, Ohio
		Coshecton County, Ohio
Buried		Everett Culp rests at the Rushsylvania Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio

Revisions

Date2 May 2020 14:27:58

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 4272
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

Date29 Apr 2020 08:28:30

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 4272

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:29

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4272 / MACR 4272/ self / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database