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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 13/2/44 with Ed Kaffun, Co-pilot: Cliff Coultas, Navigator: John Brown, Bombardier: Jim Tyson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Prasch, Radio Operator: Gene Schmitt, Ball turret gunner: Jack Miley, Waist gunner: John Linkus, Waist gunner: Bob Lutes (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Ken McIntyre (Prisoner of War); flak burst brokle coff tail, crashed Rambures, 17 miles NW of Poix, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2532.
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
Robert John Kropp was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 Nov 1915. As a child, he worked as a newsboy. He graduated high school and college and worked for a long time as treasurer at McGillis and Gibbs, a company that sold telephone poles. Robert...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, France on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. McIntyre was the only member of his crew who survived the incident and was eventually taken Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, FR on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed near Poix, France on a mission to Ardouval and Marquenville on 13 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31160. Killed in Action (KIA). His name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Ardennes American Cemetery.
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Military site : airfield
Built for the Eighth Air Force in 1942, Rattlesden had three concrete runways, 50 hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. Intended to be a twin-engine B-26 bomber base, it was originally a satellite for nearby Rougham, and first occupied from...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 13 February 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:36 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2532 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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