Helmer Wayne Gangestad

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21409.jpeg UPL 21409 Helmer W Gangestad - Webster City, 447th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21409 - Helmer W Gangestad - Webster City, 447th BG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA) near Schonhausen in B-17 'Blythe Spirit' #43-38731.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Cecil Rhorer Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38514701
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Observer/Spot Jammer

Robert Potter Dwight

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2008858
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward Evans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13187455
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Claude Elwyn Gatlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38479602
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Walter Samuel Hoffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2065557
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-38731

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blythe Spirit
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

15 March 1945

Born

Webster City, Iowa

Revisions

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ContributorCahaya
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Sources

Missing Air Crew Report: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91134935

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ContributorCahaya
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Missing Air Crew Report: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91134935

Ancestry (Middle Name): https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/38112002:2238?tid=&pi…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 13044 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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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 / MACR 13044

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Object number: UPL 21409 - Helmer W Gangestad - Webster City, 447th BG, KIA