Parker F Crabtree
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke.
Front : Paul Sommers, Henry Walker, Hugh McClatchey, Herb Brown.
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57842 - Sommer crew. 385BG. Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke. Front : Paul Sommers, Henry...
Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-5886 'Jolly Roger' 17-Aug-43; A/C crashed 2 km SW of Wosnadrecht, Netherlands. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 387A
Awards: AM, PH.
One of 3 x brothers killed in WWII.
Connections
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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: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Jolly Roger
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Portland, ME | 23 May 1942 | Portland, Maine |
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Died |
SW of Wosnadrecht | 17 August 1943 | |
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Born |
Hancock, Maine | Son Alfred E. and Lillian F. [Scammon] Crabtree. | |
|
Buried |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets Of The Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium | |
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Based |
Great Ashfield | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56280347/parker-f-crabtree
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 387A
