Seymour Zeitler
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
12 August 1943 on mission to oil refinery in Germany, hit by flak after bombs away. B-17 #42-29874 'El Conquistador' fell behind and was attacked by fighters. With engines 3 & 4 knocked out, 1 crew member killed and 3 injured, plane landed wheels up at Leiston which was still under construction.
30 December 1943 on mission to IGF factory at Ludwigshaven. In B-17 #42-39780 'Little Twink' On bomb run, A/C hit by flak and lost #3 engine. Hit by flak again over Frankfurt and unable to keep in formation, RAF escorted a/c to Hawkinge where A/C crash landed. Unfortunately 7 crew members baled out but parachutes failed to open. 5 KOF 5 RTD
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added S/N and updated Rank per info in "General Orders 41 HQ 1st Bombardment Division, APO 634, 3 Feb 1944".
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 231, 449,
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