Robert Patrick Deering

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot, Deering crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by fighters on a mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31047 'Wolverine'. MACR 2243. Aircraft exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried by the Germans in the Ottbergen Cemetery. Reinterred in the Netherlands AMC.

Denver , CO

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Units served with

381st Bomb Group

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

535th Bomb Squadron

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

People

David Barer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-685365
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph C Cochran

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12057832
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Paul Otis Crabtree

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-679375
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Vincent P Garrity

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31164862
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Wardell Henry Horne

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 6938212
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-31047

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Little Duchess aka Wolverine
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 200

Date: 30 January 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (QJ-Q, serial number 42-31023) nicknamed "Skyball" of the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash-landed at Honington. Official caption on image: "2138. 1-29-44. Hon. B-17F. 42-31028. M. F.S.A.D."

8th Air Force 198

Date: 29 January 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944.

61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)

VIII Bomber Command 171

Date: 31 December 1943

Technical Sergeant Edward Fee of the 91st Bomb Group enjoys a cup of coffee surrounded by his comrades at Bassingbourn after his final mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-27150 AC - HQ 8th AAF Photo Section, 20 Dec 1943. Ovation on Return. Congratulated on the completion of his tour of "Ops", T/Sgt. Edward Fee (holding cup), 30, of Charlestown, Mass., is surrounded by flying mates as he awaits interrogation. T/Sgt. Fee, holder of Air Medal and slated for the DFC, is aerial engineer of Fortres

VIII Bomber Command 161

Date: 22 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 159

Date: 20 December 1943

Places

Netherlands American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Ridgewell

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Based Killed in Action (KIA)		5 November 1943 - 30 January 1944
Other Killed in Action	Germany	30 January 1944
Buried	Ottbergen, 37671 Höxter, Germany	31 January 1944
Born	Denver, Colorado, USA
Buried			Plot D Row 10 Grave 11

Revisions

Date19 Feb 2018 19:06:47

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ARowe95

Date19 Feb 2018 03:55:56

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ARowe95

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:58

ContributorAAM

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2243, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2243 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database