42-31364 Nuttal's Nut House
Back Row- Sampson Sharff (Obs/Tg), Earl Mason (B), Arthur Drogue (N), Alfred Nuttall (Ac/Cp), Randolph Jacobs (P)
Front Row- Lawrence Wager (Wg), Alan Purdy (Ro), Robert Compton (Wg), Jack Goetz (Tt), Walter Arnold (Bt) 384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35749/search/8882
Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Grand Island 13/11/43; Wilmington 26/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 10/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Grover Seamon, Co-pilot: Herb Kohlston, Navigator: Jim Sulser, n/g-Sgt Ray Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Loving, Ball turret gunner: Leon Housh, Waist gunner: Jim Settlemeyer (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Manuel Ramos, Tail gunner: Herb Alstaetter (2 Killed in Action); direct flak hit on #2, followed by fire, explosion followed, crashed Herzberg, seven miles E of Neuruppin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5268. NUTTAL'S NUT HOUSE.
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- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 28 February 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 May 1944 |
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database