Marvin Lawson Gooden

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on 3 February 1945 near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany in B-17 'Maude an Maria' #42-97387.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • 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
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32978116
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16167048 / O-825668
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maude an Maria
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 3 February 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fillmore, Ventura County, California 14 March 1923

Enlisted

Fresno, CA 12 March 1943

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kahlstorf, Germany 3 February 1945 near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany in B-17 #42-97387 “Maude an Maria”

Buried

4 February 1945 at the Lehmke cemetery, Germany

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Nuthampstead 3 February 1945 Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Bardsdale Cemetery, Fillmore, CA After the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Marvin Gooden rests at the Bardsdale Cemetery in Fillmore, Ventura County, California
Fillmore, California

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 12214
NARA WWII Enlistment record
WWII Draft card

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Sources

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