B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 1/5/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-U] Nuthampstead 4/5/44 [1st repl. a/c]; (15m) Missing in Action Munich 16/7/44 with Curtis D Lovelace, Ball turret gunner: Gerard Antaillia (2KIA- multiple fractures, but no burns); Co-pilot: Bob Hart, Navigator: Bob Uhl, Bombardier: Alton Andrews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Rees, Radio Operator: Cliff Weatherwax, Waist gunner: Don Land, Tail gunner: Sam Miller (7 Prisoner of War); severe flak damage, crashed Brettersberg, NE Innsbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7564.
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 | Bombardier | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102599
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Hit by flak on 16 July 1944 on Munich Germany mission in B-17 #42102599
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102599
Post war he was a businessman and Air Force reservist and,in 1989, Reunion Chairman for the Association.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42-102599, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 398th Bomb Group
KIA Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen in B-17 #42102599
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102599
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102599
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 398th Bomb Group
POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42102599. A prisoner of war he recalled how 'spirits were lifted' whenever B-17's flew over the camp.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 398th Bomb Group
Cifford Weatherwax was shot down by flak over Munich and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17; the Pilot and Ball Gunner were not heard from and are assumed dead. POW for approximately 1 year at Camp Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland.
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) | Munich, Germany | 16 July 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7564 / MACR 7764 / MACR 8917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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