Bruce Elmer Phelps

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-45820.jpeg UPL 45820 2nd Lt Bruce E Phelps, 603BS, 398BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 45820 - 2nd Lt Bruce E Phelps, 603BS, 398BG

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

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

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Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360288/bruce-e-phelps

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 12215
German record KU-3651 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147913734 (NARA)

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ContributorAAM
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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

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