James S Baker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A Bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97298) nicknamed "The Floose". 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.' media-418366.jpg 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

303rd Bomb Group website: http://www.303rdbg.com/358clumpner.html

Object Number - 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...

Shot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97787. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).



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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

Aircraft

A Bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97298) nicknamed "The Floose". 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.'

42-97298

  • 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

42-97787

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 May 1944

Born

Warren, Arkansas, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 24 May 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5173 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A Bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97298) nicknamed "The Floose". 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.'

Object number: FRE 9503 - Lieutenant Clumpner's crew of the 303rd Bomb Group...