Jack Bernard Withrow
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 45304 - Jack Withrow
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-97387 'Maude an Maria' crashed near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany 3-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822360
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0818094
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12125236 / O-828397
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38554582
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35893396
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maude an Maria
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hannibal, Missouri, USA | 17 November 1924 | Son of Leroy and Lillian M Withrow. |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 21 July 1943 | |
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Other Killed in action |
Kahlstorf, Germany | 3 February 1945 | near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany in B-17 #42-97387 “Maude an Maria” |
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Buried |
4 February 1945 | at the Lehmke cemetery, Germany | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, MO | After the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Jack Withrow rests at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri | |
| Hannibal, Indiana |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12214 / MACR 12214, Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld with picture of some crew members on p. 115 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
