8th Air Force Bombardier aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38659, nicknamed "Mammy Yokum."
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Some information comes from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.
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Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: O2063256.
Enlisted at Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY, March 8, 1943.
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Some information comes from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.
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Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: O2063256.
Enlisted at Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY, March 8, 1943.
8th Air Force Bombardier aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38659, nicknamed "Mammy Yokum."
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Some information comes from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.
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Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: O2063256.
Enlisted at Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY, March 8, 1943.
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Some information comes from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.
~
Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: O2063256.
Enlisted at Ft. Thomas, Newport, KY, March 8, 1943.
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