Military
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.
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner; Radio Operator Gunner, Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30030 'Old Ironsides'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 562BS, 338BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions between 17 july and 30 dec 43
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30214 'Iza Angel II'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3141
Awards: PH.
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 31/7/43 then 560BS/388BG.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall [ -M] 26/6/43; Missing in Action Gdynia 9/10/43 with Henry Nagorka, John Leverone, Mike Mahoney, Francis Antalek, Bill Caruso, John...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 6/4/43; Dow Fd 25/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/6/43; Missing in Action Gdynia 9/10/43 with Henry Nagorka, Navigator: John Leverone, Bombardier: Mike Mahoney, Radio Operator: Francis Antalek, Waist gunner...
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 9 October 1943 |
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Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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| 04 March 2020 04:39:11 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number and events |
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 March 2020 18:07:38 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 March 2020 18:06:35 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 3141 |
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