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Loren F. Seger Crew 95th BG - 412th BS Standing Left to Right: Henry W. Held, Jr. (FE), James D. Hartney (WG), Frank M Bessemer (RO), Donald E. McKinney (TG), Dennis W. Roberts (WG), Wilford S. Mack (BTG) Kneeling Left to Right: Loren F. Seger (P), Robert W. Bugie, (CP), James L. Hutchings (N), William J. Myers (B) Bessemer is mis-identified as Frank A. Bessemer in the photo. His middle name is Martin.
Loren F. Seger Crew 95th BG - 412th BS Standing Left to Right: Henry W. Held, Jr. (FE), James D. Hartney (WG), Frank M Bessemer (RO), Donald E. McKinney (TG), Dennis W. Roberts (WG), Wilford S. Mack (BTG) Kneeling Left to Right: Loren F. Seger (P), Robert W. Bugie, (CP), James L. Hutchings (N), William J. Myers (B) Bessemer is mis-identified as Frank A. Bessemer in the photo. His middle name is Martin.
James Louis Hutchings Navigator Loren F. Seger Crew 95th BG - 412th BS
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Loren Seger crew. ETD
22-Dec-43 crash landed in a meadow in Norfolk due to lack of power in B-17 42-3273 'Impatient Virgin' on return from mission to Munster, Germany. RTD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. 22-Dec-43 crash landed in a meadow in Norfolk due to lack of power in B-17 42-3273 'Impatient Virgin' on return from mission to Munster, Germany. RTD
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 16/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-L/Z] Bassingbourn 6/6/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-U] Horham 16/6/43 LONESOME POLECAT; 16/9/43 with W.C. Lindley force landed Bungay Afd; 48m,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-O] Horham 20/8/43; 30m, Missing in Action Brunswick 21/2/44 with John McGuigan, Bombardier: Tom Barron, Flight engineer/top turret...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Grenier 19/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Horham 26/12/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/9/44 with Benedict B Busse, rest unknown; one engine out, force landed...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Gt Falls 3/1/44; Cheyenne 5/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Q] Horham 17/2/44; aborted after take off for Dusseldorf 9/9/44 with Bill Lahl, Co-pilot: Theo Bennett, Navigator: Maurice Schwartz (wia),...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Kearney 10/1/44; Atlanta 12/1/44; Savannah 13/1/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 25/1/44;10m transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Salvaged 25/7/45. FLAK HOLES.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Dalhart 28/1/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-X] Horham 27/2/44 CHICKEN SHIP aka PICKWICKIAN; 36m, Missing in Action Gdynia 6/8/44 with W. R. Kinney, crew unknown; force landed Russia; rep,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 18/4/43; Assigned 100BG Dow Fd 30/5/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Horham 15/6/43; force landed RAF St Eval ex-St Nazaire 28/6/43; crash landed Gt Ashfield ex-La Pallice 16/9/43; force landed RAF Hensridge; 31m, ex-Munster 22/12/43...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-T] Horham 18/11/43; force landed Ghent, Bel. with H.C. Coffman 15/10/44; force landed A-70 Laon-Couvron, France with R.E. Chrystal (9 Returned to Duty) force landed B-53 Merville,...
13 December 1943
The port areas at Bremen and Kiel, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. This is the first mission where more than 600 aircraft are despatched. This mission is comprised of 8 elements. The first element consists 182 B-17s from: 91BG (31);...
16 December 1943
This is a massive mission of 631 heavy bombers directed at the port area of Bremen, Germany. The force of 631 included 1 PFF-equipped B-17s from 482BG dispersed among the attacking formations. The mission is composed of three elements. The first...
20 December 1943
The port area of Bremen is the target for 546 heavy bombers. The total includes 12 PFF-equipped B-17s from 482BG. All 12 of these are effective on the target and 11 are damaged. The bomber gunners of this element claim 1-1-0 (this total included with...
22 December 1943
This mission is composed of two forces directed at two separate targets, the communication centers at Osnabruck and Munster, Germany. The force attacking at Osnabruck is composed of two elements. The first element is composed of 227 B-17s (2 are PFF...
30 December 1943
The port area and oil refineries at Ludwigshaven, Germany are the target for this massive attack of 710 heavy bombers. The despatch includes 12 PFF-equipped B-17s from 482BG, 11 of these are effective on the mission, 3 are damaged, and the bomber...
4 January 1944
The port area of Kiel, Germany and the railroad marshalling yards at Munster, Germany are the Primary targets of this Mission which is organised as two elements: one going to Kiel and the other to Munster. Roger A. Freeman begins to designate aircraft...
7 January 1944
The industrial areas of Ludwigshaven, Germany are the primary target for this mission. The formation has three elements. The bomber gunners of the entire force claim 30-6-17 of attacking German aircraft.
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21 January 1944
This mission is directed at 36 V-Weapon sites (34 in the Pas-de-Calaise area and 2 in the Chrebourg area of France) 24 of these are bombed successfully. All three Bomb Divisions participate in the attacks and the bomber gunners claimed 5-1-2 of...
29 January 1944
The primary target for this mission was the railroad marshalling yards and industrial areas of Frankfurt, Germany. A combined force of 863 heavy bombers were despatched in three elements to make the attack. The combined bomber gunner claims on enemy...
30 January 1944
This mission has the aviation industry at Brunswick, Germany as the primary target. The mission is composed of a combined force pf 777 heavy bomber aircraft despatched in three elements: 1st Bomb Division; 2nd Bomb Division and 3rd Bomb Division. The...
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Sayre, NY | 19 April 1921 |
| Lived in | Virgil, NY | February 1942 |
| Enlisted | Albany, NY | 4 November 1942 |
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Albany, New York |
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| 95th BG Combat Tour | Horham Airfield, UK | 13 December 1943 – 23 March 1944 |
| Died | Dallas, TX | 6 January 2017 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 30 July 2021 19:17:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events and unit associations |
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https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/3191 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 August 2020 01:10:26 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number |
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| 26 August 2020 01:09:34 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 August 2020 01:05:52 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events and aircraft associations |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186358929/james-louis-hutchings https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=30386572... |
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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 / href="http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php">http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php> Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 438 |
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