Donald H Rutt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 21999 - Donald Rutt - Casey, 303rd BG, KIA
10-Jul-42 Assigned as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24619 [GN-S] "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS on 28-Oct-42.
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17F-20-BO 41-24517 'Kali' while serving as Right Waist Gunner. Aircraft was targeting U/B (submarine base) at St. Nazaire, France. 'Kali' encountered intense flak and fighter attacks and went down over the Atlantic.
Participated in 6 Operations (2 were Aborted). See Biography events.
Connections
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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: Kali
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
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- Date: 23 November 1942
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- Date: 18 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
10 July 1942 | Assigned as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. | |
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Other Arrived in UK |
28 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS. His original aircraft B-17F 41-24619 was actually flown with another crew by MAJ George L Robinson, CO 427BS arriving on 25-Oct-42. | |
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Other Mission #1, SGT Donald H. Rutt, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
17 November 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner on B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the piolt to abort the sortie. RTB OK. | |
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Other Mission #2, SGT Donald H. Rutt, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
18 November 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner on B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the piolt to abort the sortie. RTB OK. | |
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Other Mission #3, SGT Donald H. Rutt, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS |
23 November 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "The '8' Ball", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. | |
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Other Mission #4, SGT Donald H. Rutt, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS |
6 December 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry Jinx", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. | |
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Other Mission #5, SGT Donald H. Rutt, w/B-17F 41-24587, 303BG/427BS |
12 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24587 "Bad Check", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. RTB OK. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks and crashed into the Atlantic near the target. His remains have never been recovered. | |
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Other Mission #5, SGT Donald H. Rutt, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - KIA |
3 January 1943 | Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at At. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was attacked by fighters over the sea just before the target and exploded in mid-air. All crew KIA. | |
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Other Commemorated |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery | ||
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Born |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. 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 20-Dec-2015. 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 20-Dec-2015. 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 20-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to AIrcraft evetnper 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 20-Dec-2015. Added initial aircraft assignment, arrival in UK and Mission Participations to Summary Biography; made connection to all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 6141; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60
