Gene W Minton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-19996.jpeg UPL 19996

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Object Number - UPL 19996

Prop wash accident 24 May 1944 in B-17 #42=102494. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

John C Bodenhoffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Vernon H Dicke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John A Dorchinitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group

Theodore F Goobic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Theodore F Goobic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-102494

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Pilot Point, TX, USA 6 March 1919 Born in Pilot Point, Collin County, Texas. Family then moved to Brownsville, Cameron County, Tx.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 24 May 1944 Prop wash accident 24 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102494. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Body was found washed ashore in Germany. Is now buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery near Liege, Belgium.

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

 

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447 Bomb Group History

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Family photograph

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Family History. Date in 1943 not known

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Personal family information and photographs

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5249

Gene W Minton: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 19995 - Gene W. Minton's crew with the 708th Bomb Squadron...