Maurice G Zetlan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 26347 - 42-31035 "Hang the Expense" Crew
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shortly after take off on mission to Eschweiler on 24-Jan-44, B-17F 42-3307 'Skipper' crashed to avoid a mid-air collision at low level. When A/C struck barn, he was ejected through the plexiglass nose and died of his injuries. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062813 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
![A B-17G Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-39867) of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "265-(44). WPU - 2.29.44. Eastchurch. B-17G - 42-39867. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, E?-E.[EP-E]' On reverse: USAAF Photographic Section Station 595 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407367.jpg.webp?itok=w_Ml4PfT)
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Essex, MA, USA | 2 April 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 29 January 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died |
Shelfanger, Diss IP22 2EQ, UK | 24 January 1944 | Killed in crash landing of B-17F 42-3307 'Skipper'. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
25 January 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 2 Grave 108 | |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 24 January 1944 | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-3307&Submit4=Go
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529904492-maurice-g-zetlan
https://www.fold3.com/page/83383960-maurice-g-zetlan/facts
http://www.shelfanger.com/our-history/b-17-bomber-crash
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295827/maurice-g-zetlan
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-3307&Submit4=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763308?terms=Maurice%20G%20Zetlan
https://www.fold3.com/record/529904492-maurice-g-zetlan
https://www.fold3.com/page/83383960-maurice-g-zetlan/facts
http://www.shelfanger.com/our-history/b-17-bomber-crash
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295827/maurice-g-zetlan
Combat Sup, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
