Walter Furtta

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97452 crashed into channel off Ostend. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5296.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

People

Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings and ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling

Emanuel J Hauf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803813
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97452

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 19 June 1915 Son of Martin and Sophia Furtta.

Died

25 miles of Ostend, Belgium 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97452 crashed into channel off Ostend. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5296.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes American Cemetery

Based

Glatton 28 May 1944 Assigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.
Dekalb County, IL, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28628837
https://www.fold3.com/record/529854100-walter-furtta
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763131?terms=Walter%20Furtta
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358277/walter-furtta

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 5296 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5296 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database