Floyd Franklin Hartman

Military

Floyd Hartman was Navigator on board B-17#42-39791 "Fletcher's Castoria" which crashed on take-off on a non-operational flight 3 December 1943, with Pilot Martin Tashjian. He and the 8 other men on board Returned To Duty (RTD).

He was Navigator on B-17 Buffalo Gal #42-31537, shot down by fighters and crashed near Punschrau, Germany on 29 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Joseph P O'Donnell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12085105 (MACR has 12085108...)
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Carmine Victor Roberto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15322527
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Bernard Lefler Spragg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33301833
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Martin Tashjian

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot ; Tail Gunner, Tail Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Terrance Park, Ohio, USA 8 February 1918 Oologah, Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States

Enlisted

26 May 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 July 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 3 April 1946.”…
Talala, Rogers County, Oklahoma (student at Northeastern State College)

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Corrected typos in Summary biography

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MACR 7809
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII draft card
NARA WWII POW records

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Added S/N & POW camp info per POW records from National Archives.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7809 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database