Walter Howard Fleming

Military
UPL 41279 UPL 41279 The Crew of Miss Bea Havin. 43-37901. Korthase Crew - 837th Squadron
Top row left to right: Eddie Linnum (Waist Gunner), 1st Lt William T. Kuhlman (copilot); 2nd Lt Clarence "Fred" Korthase (pilot), 1st Lt Francis A Brogan (navigator), Arthur L. Rich (tail gunner)
Bottom row left to right: Fred Lester (ball turret gunner), 1st Lt Jack G. Kelly (bombardier), Walter H. Fleming (flight engineer), Charles P. "Pat" Corey (radio operator)

Added Identifications to Photgraph using information from http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/KorthaseCrew.shtml

 

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Object Number - UPL 41279 - The Crew of Miss Bea Havin. 43-37901. Korthase Crew - 837th Squadron Top row left to right: Eddie Linnum (Waist Gunner), 1st Lt William T. Kuhlman...

Assigned to 837BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Clarry Korthase crew. Flew aboard B-17 43-37901 'Miss Bea Havin'. 34 x combat missions. ETD



Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

People

Clarence Frederick Korthase

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron 837th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19112154 / T-002321 / O-886747
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-37901

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Bea Havin
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Edgewater, AL 26 January 1917 Son of John Walter and Sarah Emily [Parsons] Fleming.

Enlisted

Birmingham, AL 14 November 1942 Birmingham, Alabama

Died

Hoover, AL 18 July 2017

Buried

Jefferson Memorial Gardens South Hoover, Jefferson County, AL 21 July 2017 Jefferson Memorial Gardens South Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama

Based

Lavenham Assigned to 837BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/84092239/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181503154/walter-howard-fleming

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Contributorjmoore43
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Moved the nickname to the correct field from the "suffix".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the nickname mentioned with the A/C “Photo” at the 487th BG website..

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster

Walter Howard Fleming: Gallery (1 items)

Object number: UPL 41279 - The Crew of Miss Bea Havin. 43-37901. Korthase...