Carl Richard Hurlbutt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron and placed on Detached Service to 359 Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; crashed near Rottweil in B-17 42-97058 'Scorchy II' Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Jan-45 MACR 11760

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

351st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

359th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

546th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

People

Richard Frost Tasker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-826029
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97058

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Scorchy II
Unit: 1st Air Division 41st Combat Bomb Wing 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

803

Date: 21 January 1945

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, IL	25 November 1919	Son of Glenn Dee and Maria Anna [Jansen] Hurlbutt.
Enlisted	Chicago, Il	13 December 1941
Based	Polebrook	22 September 1944 - 7 October 1944	Assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bomb Group, (Detached Service at 351st Bomb Group) on 22 September 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #188 and #199.
Based	Molesworth	7 October 1944 - 21 January 1945	On Detached Service from 546BS, 384BG to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Assigned	Station 106, Grafton Underwood	7 October 1944 - 21 January 1945	Transferred to the 546th Bomb Squadron (Detached Service at 303rd Bomb Group) on 7 October 1944 per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 14 October 1944.
Other Promoted		1 January 1945	Promoted to Staff Sergeant (546 Bomb Squadron) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #1 dated 1 January 1945.
Died	Rottweil, Germany	21 January 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) Aschaffenburg; crashed near Rottweil in B-17 42-97058 'Scorchy II' Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Jan-45 MACR 11760
	Chicago, Illinois		Husband of Nancy A Hurlbutt.
Buried			Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot G Row 10 Grave 30