RWG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany, MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded.
Credited with 1 German fighter damaged on 3 September 1943 to Romilly-sur-Seine.
Service
People
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Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
ETTG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded....
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. 2Lt Sample bailed out as the aircraft began to spin and landed near Diepholtz,...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
LWG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft IV.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). T/Sgt Heintz was wounded in the aircraft prior to it...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded...
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Military | Captain | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Sample crew. Squadron Navigator, 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Captain MacKay was demoted from Group Navigator to Squadron...
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Togglier | 381st Bomb Group
Togglier, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded....
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action. the aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded. Buried in...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft lost control, started spinning and exploded. Buried in...
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Units served with
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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...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base with Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; Missing in Action 1+m Bremen 8/10/43 with Art Sample,...
Missions
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3 September 1943
German airfields in France and the Caudron-Renault works at Paris are the targets for this mission. The mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a combined force of 168 B-17s from: 91BG (14); 351BG (19); 381BG (22); 92BG (19); 305BG ...
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8 October 1943
The shipyards and industrial areas of Bremen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission, but cloud cover causes some formations to bomb targets of opportunity. The attacking elements have been summarized below:
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Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany |
8 October 1943 |
Died |
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8 October 1943 |