Dwight W Van Nemo
Military
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FRE 9503
Lieutenant Clumpner's crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97298) nicknamed "The Floose".
From http://www.303rdbg.com/358clumpner.html:
ALFRED B. CLUMPNER CREW - 358th BS
B-17G #42-97298 The Floose 358th BS (VK-H)
(crew assigned 358BS: 4 May 1944 - photo: 11 May 1944)
Back Left to Right:
2Lt Lowell L Rickey (Bombardier), 2Lt John P Connor (Navigator), 2Lt Ernest A. Whittall (Co-Pilot), 2Lt Alfred B. Clumpner (Pilot)(KIA)
Front Left to Right:
S/Sgt Erwin C Zimmer (Radio Operator)(KIA), Sgt James S Baker (Waist Gunner)(KIA), S/Sgt Kenneth R Pickell (Flight Engineer)(KIA),
Sgt Dwight W Van Nemo (Waist Gunner), Sgt John W Goetz (Ball Turret Gunner)(KIA), Sgt Elmer E Simpson (Tail Gunner)(POW)
Printed caption on reverse: '61062 AC- Lt Cumpner and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group besides the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "The Floose". England 11 Mau 1944. US Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection
From http://www.303rdbg.com/358clumpner.html:
ALFRED B. CLUMPNER CREW - 358th BS
B-17G #42-97298 The Floose 358th BS (VK-H)
(crew assigned 358BS: 4 May 1944 - photo: 11 May 1944)
Back Left to Right:
2Lt Lowell L Rickey (Bombardier), 2Lt John P Connor (Navigator), 2Lt Ernest A. Whittall (Co-Pilot), 2Lt Alfred B. Clumpner (Pilot)(KIA)
Front Left to Right:
S/Sgt Erwin C Zimmer (Radio Operator)(KIA), Sgt James S Baker (Waist Gunner)(KIA), S/Sgt Kenneth R Pickell (Flight Engineer)(KIA),
Sgt Dwight W Van Nemo (Waist Gunner), Sgt John W Goetz (Ball Turret Gunner)(KIA), Sgt Elmer E Simpson (Tail Gunner)(POW)
Printed caption on reverse: '61062 AC- Lt Cumpner and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group besides the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "The Floose". England 11 Mau 1944. US Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection
303rd Bomb Group website: http://www.303rdbg.com/358clumpner.html
Sergeant Dwight W Van Nemo (Waist Gunner) flew no 303rd Bomb Group combat missions.
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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: The Floose
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield