Austin W Routhier
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) in B-17F #42-5056 'Devil's Playmate', 305BG/364BS while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea between the Frisian Islands and Helgoland, Germany while on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Most of the crew were original members of the 305th
Air Medal, Purple Heart
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Playmate
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brimley, Michigan | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Helgoland, Germany | 26 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the North Sea between the Frisian Islands and Helogland, Germany. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; MACR 15120; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event and location; Added A/C model number and Unit designations in Biography. Added loss details in Summary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; and MACR 15120.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15120 / MACR 15120, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65 th / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database