Memorial marker and he is also among the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery.
Co-Pilot aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31447, nicknamed "Cookie."
Shot down by German fighter firing rockets and went down in the Baltic Sea, just off Rostock, Germany, while on mission to Poznan, Poland. All ten crewmembers were killed:
1Lt. Jack W Splan, Pilot
2Lt. Clinton L Ehret, Co-Pilot
2Lt. William H Duff Jr, Navigator
2Lt. John H Gilmore Jr, Bombardier
TSgt. Dale E Trautman, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. Walter A Bailey, Radio Operator
SSgt. Donald E Pope, Right Waist Gunner
SSgt. Frank Spano, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Glenn A Williams, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Thomas R Zittleman, Left Waist Gunner
Some of the crewmembers were recovered and some were not.
~
Entered the service from Kansas; Service ID: O-752186.
Enlisted at Atchison, KS, December 23, 1940.
Co-Pilot aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31447, nicknamed "Cookie."
Shot down by German fighter firing rockets and went down in the Baltic Sea, just off Rostock, Germany, while on mission to Poznan, Poland. All ten crewmembers were killed:
1Lt. Jack W Splan, Pilot
2Lt. Clinton L Ehret, Co-Pilot
2Lt. William H Duff Jr, Navigator
2Lt. John H Gilmore Jr, Bombardier
TSgt. Dale E Trautman, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. Walter A Bailey, Radio Operator
SSgt. Donald E Pope, Right Waist Gunner
SSgt. Frank Spano, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Glenn A Williams, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Thomas R Zittleman, Left Waist Gunner
Some of the crewmembers were recovered and some were not.
~
Entered the service from Kansas; Service ID: O-752186.
Enlisted at Atchison, KS, December 23, 1940.
Memorial marker and he is also among the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery.
Co-Pilot aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31447, nicknamed "Cookie."
Shot down by German fighter firing rockets and went down in the Baltic Sea, just off Rostock, Germany, while on mission to Poznan, Poland. All ten crewmembers were killed:
1Lt. Jack W Splan, Pilot
2Lt. Clinton L Ehret, Co-Pilot
2Lt. William H Duff Jr, Navigator
2Lt. John H Gilmore Jr, Bombardier
TSgt. Dale E Trautman, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. Walter A Bailey, Radio Operator
SSgt. Donald E Pope, Right Waist Gunner
SSgt. Frank Spano, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Glenn A Williams, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Thomas R Zittleman, Left Waist Gunner
Some of the crewmembers were recovered and some were not.
~
Entered the service from Kansas; Service ID: O-752186.
Enlisted at Atchison, KS, December 23, 1940.
Co-Pilot aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-31447, nicknamed "Cookie."
Shot down by German fighter firing rockets and went down in the Baltic Sea, just off Rostock, Germany, while on mission to Poznan, Poland. All ten crewmembers were killed:
1Lt. Jack W Splan, Pilot
2Lt. Clinton L Ehret, Co-Pilot
2Lt. William H Duff Jr, Navigator
2Lt. John H Gilmore Jr, Bombardier
TSgt. Dale E Trautman, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. Walter A Bailey, Radio Operator
SSgt. Donald E Pope, Right Waist Gunner
SSgt. Frank Spano, Ball Turret Gunner
SSgt. Glenn A Williams, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Thomas R Zittleman, Left Waist Gunner
Some of the crewmembers were recovered and some were not.
~
Entered the service from Kansas; Service ID: O-752186.
Enlisted at Atchison, KS, December 23, 1940.
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