B-17 Flying Fortress
A crew from 398th Bomb Group, 603rd Bomb Squadron.
A crew from 398th Bomb Group, 603rd Bomb Squadron.
Formation plan of a mission by 398th Bomb Group, 603rd Bomb Squadron. It includes aircraft 42-102476, which was shot down.
Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-B] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (18m) Missing in Action Munich 16/7/44 with Ray Gallagher, Co-pilot: Harry Castleman, Navigator: Bill Berry, Bombardier: Wendell Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sudduth, Radio Operator: Arlo Skeem, Waist gunner: Bob Fels (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bob Warkentin,Tail gunner: Chas McLean (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft hit ball turret, set fire, some bailed before crashed Hinter-Heubach, near Schiltach, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7242.
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 | Captain | Navigator | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and Crashed near Hinter-Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 42-102476. Reported Prisoner of War (POW) 19 Sept 1944.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter-Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 42-102476. Reported Prisoner of War (POW) 21 Sept 1944
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter-Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 42-102476.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102476
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 42-102476. Prisoner of War (POW) 16 Sept 1944.
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter Henbach in B-17 42-102476.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 42-102476
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter Henbach on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102476
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hinter Henbach in B-17 42-102476.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 16 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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