Whitney Fulton Poythress Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 50530 - 2Lt Whitney Fulton Poythress Jr, 390BG
Crew Number 7 [Co-pilot].
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x missions.
Bumped from final mission in his regular ship 42-37013 as it was scheduled lead ship, managed to secure tail gunner position in 42-31122.
Shot down 11-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31122 'Six Nights in Telergma' crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1583.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- 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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19061285 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
Aircraft
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA | 11 June 1922 | |
|
Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC, USA | 31 March 1942 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 11 December 1943 | Shot down 11-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31122 'Six Nights in Telergma.' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). |
|
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery | |
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Based |
Framlingham | 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Poythress%2C+Whitney+F
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 1583
MACR 1583 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
