Alfred V Heitman
Military10-May-42 303BG website Personnel Roster has SGT Heitman assigned as an Assistant Engineer on B-17F #41-24579 [PU-F] "Thumper" 303BG/360BS but apparently he did not stay permanently assigned to that crew, and his arrival at Molesworth cannot be confirmed with "Thumper".
303BG Mission Reports show him as participating in 4 Operations (2 were aborted) with B-17 #41-24579 but as a susbsititute for Waist Gunners. It appears his last operation was on 6-Dec-1942 and none after that. No indication in the records that he was either Killed or Wounded. See Biography events.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thumper
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Unit |
Boise, ID, USA | 10 May 1942 | Assigned to the 303BG/360BS as an Assistant Engineer with B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper". However, he did not keep that assignment. |
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Other Mission #1, SGT Alfred V. Heitman, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, SGT Alfred V. Heitman, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, SGT Alfred V. Heitman, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, SGT Alfred V. Heitman, w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS - Aborted |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-No-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Unit event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, 303BG personnel roster: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Added Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, 303BG personnel roster: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster