Jack B Painter

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot, Painter crew. 381st BG,532nd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30140 'King Malfunction II'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 379. Killed in Action (KIA). Body found in the plane. Buried in the Military Cemetery at Munstereifel, Germany.

Columbus, OH

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Matthew B Kowalski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31106416
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

James Caleb Mizell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35393412
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert Elmer Nelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-727253
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot

Everett B Ragan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672414
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Observer

Norman G Whitman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31203794
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Buried

18 August 1943 Military Cemetery at Munstereifel, Germany Field 8, Row 4, Grave 21.

Born

Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 17 August 1943

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 379, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 145,-242-3 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database