Herbert Austin Foote Jr

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media-30674.png UPL 30674 2nd Lt Herbert A. Foote Jr - 26 Novembre 1943 (Official USAAF photo)

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Object Number - UPL 30674 - 2nd Lt Herbert A. Foote Jr - 26 Novembre 1943 (Official USAAF photo)

Killed in Action (KIA) in plane #42-31441. Mid-air collision after T/O.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arthur O Berntzen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20273063
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Lee Esrle Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14126466
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Benajah Gray Burkitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14043208 at enlistment, then O-802529
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alvin D Cantrell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38211532
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Philip Howard Gatewood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37230311
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-31441

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Catworth, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom 5 January 1944 in the loss of B-17 Serial 42-31441 after a mid-air collision with 42-37887 of the 379th BG

Enlisted

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States 15 July 2042 as a Private in the Air Corps

Born

Massachusetts, United States
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Buried

Herbert Foote rests at Plot B, Row 6, Grave 17

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NARA WWII Enlistment Records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Roster

Herbert Austin Foote: Gallery (2 items)

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