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Navigator, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to the marshalling yards at Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. He had glass in is eyes from the exploding nose in his aircraft. Lt Anderson along with members of his crew were hidden by the Dutch underground until captured in Brussels, Belgium on 20 March 1944 in civilian clothes. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag 7A.
Des Moines, IA
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
ETTG, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW-190's on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. S/Sgt Beach was wounded in the aircraft so Sgt Eason (radio operator) manned...
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Sgt Eason had left his radio to man the top turret guns after S/Sgt...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Steele crew. Original member of the Garrett crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. He had a right knee injury. Evaded...
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Steele crew. Original member of the Garrett crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F 42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Killed in Action (KIA). As Sgt Hlynsky was...
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
LWG, Steele crew. Original member of the Garrett crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Killed in Action (KIA). Sgt Holtz was...
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Steele crew. Original member of the Garrett crew. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Sgt Lee was found by the Dutch underground still in the aircraft...
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Steele crew. Original member of the Garrett crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Lt Settle along with other members...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. Lt Steele along with other members of his crew were hidden by the Dutch...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
TG, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244.
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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
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43 RUTH L II (re-named LUCKY LADY); transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 14/7/43; Missing in Action 28m Brunswick 30/1/44 with...
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
Built during 1941-42 as an RAF bomber station, Ridgewell operated as a satellite to RAF Stradishall until May 1943. It had three concrete runways, initially 36 pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Taken over by the Eighth Air Force in June...
Other location
Other location
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| Born | Des Moines, IA, USA | 3 February 1923 |
| Based | 12 January 1944 – 30 January 1944 | |
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Originally assigned to the 535th BS and transferred the same day to the 533rd BS. |
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| Prisoner of War | 21 March 1944 – 23 March 1944 | |
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Dulag Luft |
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| Prisoner of War | 68-100 Zagan, Poland | 26 March 1944 – 27 January 1945 |
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Stalag Luft III |
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| Prisoner of War | Info Stalag VII A, 85368 Moosburg an der Isar, Germany | 3 February 1945 – 29 April 1945 |
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Stalag VIIA |
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| 17 April 2018 20:54:54 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography, events and place associations |
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| 18 March 2018 03:52:33 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography, events and place associations |
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| 19 February 2018 19:19:03 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography |
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| 14 February 2018 04:33:11 | ARowe95 | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:23:24 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2244 / MACR 2244, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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