Emil Martineck
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 April 1945 in B-17 #4339184. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military
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Richard S. Hosman Crew 398th BG - 601st BS Standing Left to Right: Richard S. Hosman (P), Roland D. Mundhenke (CP), Donald J. Coffee (N), Walter P. James (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Floyd R. Aaron (FE), Jerauld N. Clements (R/O), William H. Brown (WG), Frederick W. Hinze (WG), Theodore P. Blank (TG), Leon R. Kershaw (BTG) B-17G-60-BO #42-102854 "Arkansas Rambler" 222nd CCTS - Ardmore, OK
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USAAF Flight Engineer Wings
Missing in Action (MIA) 13 April 1945 Neugmunster, Germany.
Bombs from one of our planes in the formation exploded in mid-air after release and damaged this aircraft.
Service
People
Units served with
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398th Bomb Group
Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allies... -
601st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-39184
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 30/12/44; Dow Fd 10/1/45; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-U] Nuthampstead 27/2/45; (22m) Missing in Action Neumunster 13/4/45 with Emil Martinek, Navigator: Roger Campbell, Radio Operator: Alf Cason, Ball turret gunner: Francis Gardippe,...
Missions
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8th Air Force 945
13 April 1945
Associated Place
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Nuthampstead
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Missouri, USA | 21 April 1924 |
| Lived in | Mississippi County, AR, USA | 1943 |
| Enlisted | Little Rock, AR, USA | 18 May 1943 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | 23843 Bad Oldesloe, Germany | 13 April 1945 |
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RDX bomb mishap. Helped Co-Pilot Ted Kline trying to hold the a/c so the wounded pilot could bail out, neither was able to get out of AC. |
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| Buried | Leachville, AR 72438, USA | 1949 |
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Leachville Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 July 2020 16:46:04 | Hotelie1970 | Changes to awards |
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General Order 594 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Brigadier General Turner, dated 7 December 1944. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 September 2016 16:11:47 | Lucy May | Changes to biography |
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 June 2016 02:17:04 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
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http://398th.org/PDF/History/MACRs/MACR_14176_398th_601st_19450413_Marti... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 June 2016 02:15:37 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, highest rank, role, events, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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http://398th.org/PDF/History/MACRs/MACR_14176_398th_601st_19450413_Marti... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 November 2014 12:55:46 | Deemax | Changes to service number |
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Ancestry.com. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 14176 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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