Orville Keith Springstead
Military
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Object Number - UPL 46792 - S/Sgt Orville K. Springstead, 447BG
Assigned to 711BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97501. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4253
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-704569
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13013130
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810250
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749602
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1944
- Date: 13 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 10 April 1944
- Date: 9 April 1944
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Port Huron, MI | 8 January 1923 | Son of Ivan Arthur and Ora Aileen [Sloat] Springstead. |
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Died |
Siestedt, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97501. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4253 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Rattlesden | 29 April 1944 | Assigned to 711BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery St Avold, France Plot D Row 42 Grave 26 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4253 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database