Lewis H Utley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Lewis Utley was Navigator on B-17 #42-5717 on the 16 February 1943 mission to the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was attacked by fighters and Pilot William Warner was killed by enemy fire. Co-Pilot Arnold Carlson continued the flight but a/c crashed near Guillac, 7km SW of Ploërmel (Morbihan), France. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

423rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arnold Robert Carlson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19067357 at enlistment, then O-727172
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward Frank Espitallier

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39083381
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert D Kisling

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 6658162
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Eugene Kylius

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17019588 at enlistment, then O-726043
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Walter C Morgan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19005539
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-5717

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'

VIII Bomber Command 36

Date: 16 February 1943

Places

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Brittany Cemetary

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted		24 September 1941	New York City, New York
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Guillac, France	16 February 1943
Buried	Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial		After the war, his remains were brought to the Brittany American Cemetery, where Lewis Utley rests at Plot J, Row 8, Grave 15
Born
Enlisted
Enlisted
Enlisted
Born			Illinois
			Queens County, New York
Buried			cemetery in Guillac, France

Revisions

Date5 Sep 2020 09:21:54

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 15472
NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website

Date4 Nov 2014 17:16:55

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 15472; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:52

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15472 / MACR 15472, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 79 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database