Robert Allin
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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James Lloyd Fittinger
Military
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James Fittinger’s Dog Tag on page 23 (KU-1487) at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139542878 (NARA)
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Service
People
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Cedric Cole
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Radio Operator | 458th Bomb Group
Cedric Cole was Radio Operator on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'.... -
Peter Kowal
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 458th Bomb Group
Peter Kowal was Navigator on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'.... -
James Mortinson
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 458th Bomb Group
James Mortinson was Bombardier on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'.... -
Herman Peacher
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Herman Peacher was Tail Gunner on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'.... -
Lawrence Scheiding
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Lawrence Scheiding was Ball Turret gunner on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #4129273 'Flak... -
George Spaven
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission in B-24 41-28729 on 8 March 1944. Returned to duty (RTD). George Spaven was Pilot of 41-29273 'Flak Magnet' on the 22 April 1944 mission. Hit by flak at... -
James Wedding
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29273 'Flak Magnet'. Prisoner of War (POW). -
Robert Zedeker
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Robert Zedeker was Co-Pilot on board B-24H #41-28729 when it crashed while attempting to land at Warton (Neaton) upon returning from a combat mission on 8 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). ...
Units served with
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458th Bomb Group
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged... -
753rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-29273 Flak Magnet
B-24 Liberator
MACR 4180: Spaven's A/C was hit by Flak at approximately 19:38 hours SW of Hamm, Germany. The #2 engine caught fire and the A/C fell out of formation. Four chutes were seen. A/C then was brought under control and Lt George N. Spaven Jr regained...
Missions
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22 April 1944
Associated Place
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Horsham St Faith
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
Events
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| Born | 22 October 1923 | |
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Benton, Saline County, Arkansas |
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| Lived in | 1942 | |
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Redondo Beach, California |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | 22 April 1944 – 1945 | |
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Captured in Oelde/Bergeler, Germany. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 1 June 1945.” |
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| Died | 1996 | |
| Buried | 1996 | |
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James Fittinger rests at the Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo Beach, California |
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Revisions
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| 13 April 2020 13:14:04 | ED-BB | Changes to events |
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MACR 4180 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 April 2020 13:14:03 | ED-BB | Changes to service number, role, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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MACR 4180 |
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| 12 April 2020 14:16:21 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename |
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MACR 4180 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:14:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4180 / MACR 4180 & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 & href="http://www.458bg.com/crew33spaven.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew33spaven.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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