Samuel Wayne Flatter

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50297.jpeg UPL 50297 T/Sgt Samuel W Flatter, 389BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50297 - T/Sgt Samuel W Flatter, 389BG.

Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Wilhite crew. Shot down by fighters near Orleans, France on 7-Jan-44 in B-24 42-41013 'Trouble N' Mind' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1853



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

David Lee Wilhite

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-405475
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-41013

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Trouble
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 566th Bomb Squadron

Places

Related videos and documents

UPL 34255

  • Media Type: Video
  • Object Number: UPL 34255
  • Description: This video is a brief summary of the book titled "Trouble". A B-24 Liberator nicknamed Trouble was shot down over Nazi-occupied France on Jan. 7, 1944...

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, Ohio, USA 26 January 1920 Son of Wayne Flatter.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Orleans, France 7 January 1944 Shot down by fighters near Orleans, France on 7-Jan-44 in B-24 42-41013 'Trouble N' Mind' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1853

Buried/ Commemorated

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 9 Grave 53

Based

Hethel 7 January 1944 Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1853 / MACR 1853, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 50297 - T/Sgt Samuel W Flatter, 389BG.