Raymond C Estle
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated person
Object Number - UPL 35506 - Raymond C. Estle
Salvage non battle damage at Snetter Heath landing accident on 20 May 1944. On return in poor visibility, skidded and nosed up in soft ground with on falling back it buckled the fuselage and tail. Navigator (Sam Fudge) and Bombardier (Harry Hodgson) were ejected from plane. All 10 crew returned to duty without injury.
Ray Estle was killed during Frantic 2.
Injured on the ground, June 21 during German raid of Poltava Airbase.
Had leg amputated June 22 and died of gangrene July 2.
His Co-pilot F/O Joe Lukacak was killed June 21 when they both hid behind a wall together.
Killed in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: All American Girl
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
2 July 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska |
Revisions
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661; Snetterton Falcons, pg 148-149 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
