Herbert W Overdorf
Military ROLL OF HONOUR11-Mar-44 Shot down by AA fire in B-17G #42-97484, 447BG/710BS while serving as Pilot. Aircraft crashed in the North Sea off Haamstede, Holland on a mission to Munster, Germany on 11 Mar 1944. Most aircrew landed on sandbar at low tide, but their pleas for help to German workers and soldiers as tide came in were ignored and they all drowned. After war searches for those responsible failed. Killed in Action - MACR 3188.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16145047
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
4328 Haamstede, Netherlands | 11 March 1944 | He baled out of the aircraft and landed on a sandbar with most of the rest of the crew. These pleaded with nearby civilians and German soldiers to rescue them as the tide was coming in. All ended up being drowned. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Born |
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 23-Feb-2016. Edited Summary Biography with loss details and added KIA note per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place and Mission and Service Number & Rank per MACR 3188
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3188 / MACR 3188, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database