B-17 Flying Fortress
A B-17 Flying Fortress (K8-S, serial number 42-97810) of the 398th Bomb Group.
Delivered Denver 4/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-S] Nuthampstead 3/5/44; with Shimek force landed continent on 8/1/45 and after repairs re-ass 2/3/45; (61m) Missing in Action Kassel 9/3/45 with Willard Jacobs, Bombardier: Percy Paget, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Forest Smith, Radio Operator: John Lamar, Ball turret gunner: Bill Motter, Waist gunner: Geronimo Terres,Tail gunner: Carl Poston (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Henry Hardenberg (evaded capture); Navigator: Gene Clinesmith (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Fritzlar, SW of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12962.
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...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 398th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Fritzlar in B-17 #4297810
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Captured, Injured. Crashed near Fritzlar on 9 Mar 45 in B-17 #4297810
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Crashed near Fritzlar in B-17 #42-97810 on 9 Mar 45, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 398th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Fritzlar on 9 Mar 45 in B-17 #4297810
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier | 398th Bomb Group
One mission as tail gunner; wounded. Twenty-eight missions as Bombardier. Shot down on 29th mission over Kassel, Germany. Prisoner of War for 60 days. Lost 35 pounds. B-17 42-97810.
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Fritzlar on 9 Mar 45 in B-17 #4297810
Military | Sergeant | Flight Engineer, Top Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Crashed near Fritzlar 9 March 1945 in B-17 #42-97810. Was Prisoner of War (POW) at Moosberg, Ger.
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Crashed near Fritzlar on 9 Mar 45 in B-17 42-97810, Prisoner of War (POW).
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 9 March 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 December 2019 12:55:43 | phil marchese | Changes to production block number and manufacturer |
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Corrected manf'er |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 August 2016 10:49:38 | emma simpson | Changes to place associations |
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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12962 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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