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S/Sgt Richard C Huebotter, 368BS, 306BG, 8AF.
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Dean Allen crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get'; crashed at Budberg on 26-Aug-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8464
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Reported to the group on 7 Jun 1944.
Crashed at Budberg on 8/26/44 in B-17 Hard To Get #4297946. POW at Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
POW, AM 2OLC,
Units served with
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Kearney 16/5/44; Dow Fd 2/6/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 14/6/44; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Dean Allen, Waist gunner: Dick Huebotter,Tail gunner: Jim Carey (3 Prisoner of War);...
Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
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Events
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Born |
Davenport, IA |
18 August 1922 |
Son of Carl Frederic and Gertrude Anna [Neff] Huebotter.
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Enlisted |
Santa Ana AAF, CA |
11 February 1943 |
Santa Ana AAF, California
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Based |
Thurleigh |
7 June 1944 – 26 August 1944 |
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland |
26 August 1944 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.
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Baled out POW |
Budberg, Germany |
26 August 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-97946 'Hard To Get'; crashed at Budberg on 26-Aug-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8464
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Died |
Placentia, CA |
14 March 1998 |
Buried |
Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, CA |
17 March 1998 |
Loma Vista Memorial Park
Fullerton, Orange County, California
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