Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Killed in Action (KIA). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Noted in MACR to be still at controls when A/C exploded.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
Service
People
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Military | Major | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodelebau. Killed in Action (KIA). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Gunner, Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederndodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW) 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederndodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW) 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
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Units served with
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
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Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-U] Kimbolton 12/6/44 LIL SATAN; returning from Toulouse flak hit blew off nose 25/6/44 with Karl Becker; Navigator: Bob Evans, Bombardier: Arthur Maataa (2 Killed in...
Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
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Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
Born |
Grover Hill, Ohio, USA |
1922 |
Son of Roy Waggoner and Bessie T [Graham] Rutledge.
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Enlisted |
Wheeling, WV |
2 February 1943 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
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Based |
Kimbolton |
1944 – 28 September 1944 |
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Died |
Niederdodeleben, Germany |
28 September 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederdodeleben. KIA 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
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Buried |
Niederdodeleben, Germany |
2 October 1944 |
Interred
Niederdodeleben cemetery
Germany
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Buried |
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1946 |
Re-Interred
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot D Row 31 Grave 35
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Buried |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Carrollton, OH |
1948 |
Memorialised
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Carrollton,
Carroll County, OH
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