Bruce Elmer Phelps
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, 3 February 1945. Mid-air collision near Lehmke, Germany in B-17 43-38697. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12215
Awards: PH.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15140333
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35499925
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34782382
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36817784
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33401456
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Olathe, Kansas, USA | 2 April 1920 | Son of Elmer R and Trella Maude [Smith] Phelps. |
Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS | 14 December 1942 | Kansas City, Kansas |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Lehmke, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin; mid-air collision near Lehmke in B-17 43-38697 |
Buried |
Lehmke, Germany | 4 February 1945 | Interred Lehmke Cemetery |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | After the war, his remains were brought to Belgium. Bruce Phelps rests at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D, Row 23, Grave 16 |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360288/bruce-e-phelps
MACR 12215
German record KU-3651 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913734 (NARA)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12215 / MACR 12215,Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database