Claude E Whitehead

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50806.jpeg UPL 50806 B-17 42-30371 - 9 missions - MIA on Gdynia 9-10-43 (pilot Nagorka), 560BS, 388BG.

Rear L-R: Lester Baum, Francis Tierney, Gilbert Parker, Henry Nagorka.

Front L-R: Jack Harris, Claude Whitehead, Francis Antalek, Robert Blankenburg, Edward Christensen, Edward Keisler.

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Object Number - UPL 50806 - B-17 42-30371 - 9 missions - MIA on Gdynia 9-10-43 (pilot Nagorka), 560BS, 388BG. Rear L-R: Lester Baum, Francis Tierney, Gilbert Parker, Henry...

Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30030

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Ironsides
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

16 September 1943 Drowned after aircraft ditcehd in the English Channel.

Born

Washington

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Details added from MACR 16289 - http://www.fold3.com/image/30088068/

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ABMC; Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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