Mark Irving Overstreet
Military ROLL OF HONOURBack row: Walter Backman, Darwin Arnold, Warren Hawes, Andrew Archiopoli.
Front row: Mark Overstreet , Johnny Enlow, Charles Kane, Howard Reppert, Elvis Lehman
US Air Force Official Photo via Fold3
Re-upload of UPL 44546 (now deleted) due to technical error with original image.
Mark Overstreet was a Tail gunner and had flown a number of missions with the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions with that crew on B-17 #42-31717 “Hells Bells”. Shot down 20 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37890 "Big Friend". Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12037589
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20738401 at enlistment
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17071899 at enlistment
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081862 at enlistment, then O-756939
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA | 21 October 1920 | |
Enlisted |
14 October 1942 | Richmond, Virginia | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
9km NW of Valognes, France | 20 April 1944 | in the crash of B-17#42-31717 |
Buried |
24 April 1944 | at the English cemetery in Cherbourg, France | |
Buried |
after the war, hsi remains were brought back to the USA. Mark Overstreet rests at the Fort Hill Burial Park in Lynchburg, Virginia |
Revisions
MACR 4169
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA Headstone Applications
2005 e-mail correspondence with fellow crew 18 member Johnny Enlow's nephew Troy
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4169 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database