Irving Tatkin
MilitaryIrving Tatkin was Radio Operator on B-17 Serial 42-39840 "The Lopin' Lobo", hit by Flak on the 1 December 1943 mission to Solingen/Leverkusen, Germany. Baled out; aircraft flown back to base. Evaded capture until he was arrested in February 1944. See the story of his evasion and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/ftatkinie.html
("completed 25 missions"...)
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16066267
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Ball Turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13116815
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 37398663
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13008053 / O-802852
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Lopin Lobo
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
22 February 1920 | Illinois | |
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Other Baled out |
1 December 1943 | of 42-39840 over Belgium | |
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Other Evaded capture |
Belgium | 1 December 1943 | Helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Captured. |
|
Died |
25 April 1983 | Palmdale, California | |
| 2537 East 4th Street, Los Angeles, Californie, USA | |||
| 3512 West 12th Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA | |||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. |
Revisions
NARA WWII POW record
Personal research for his page at https://www.evasioncomete.be/ftatkinie.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=480