42-102647 BTO in the ETO

media-29687.jpeg UPL 29687 CREW OF B-17G "BTO in the ETO" 42-102647 613th SQUADRON 401st BOMBARDMENT GROUP

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Object Number - UPL 29687 - CREW OF B-17G "BTO in the ETO" 42-102647 613th SQUADRON 401st BOMBARDMENT GROUP

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Hunter 9//4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 24/5/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Fred Windham, Navigator: Carl Floto, Bombardier: Angelo Melito, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Rittmaier, Waist gunner: Clyde Irelan (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Ferguson, Radio Operator: Dana Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Leon Mihalich, Waist gunner: Jose Garcia,Tail gunner: Floyd Miller (5 Killed in Action); flak KOd #3 & enemy aircraft the oxygen, crashed Niemeck, seven miles W of Treuenbrietzen, Ger. MACR 5305. BTO IN THE ETO.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19098743 / O-693255
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39275719
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17058386
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35423740
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

722, 6207 Missile Dr, Cheyenne, WY 82005, USA 23 March 1944 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 23-Mar-44.

Assigned

Deenethorpe Airfield, Deenethorpe NN17 3AN, UK 24 May 1944 Assigned 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

14823 Niemegk, Germany 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 flak KOd #3 & enemy aircraft the oxygen, crashed Niemeck, 7 miles West of Treuenbrietzen 5 x POW, 5 x KIA. MACR 5305.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

Date
ContributorGENE J
Changes
Sources

FAMILY RECORDS OF JOE G. GARCIA

Date
ContributorGENE J
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from remember our heroes websight

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5305 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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