Mack served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225), 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Dixon County, Tennessee prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 13, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was noted as being employed as a Insurance Salesmen and also as Married.
Mack was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 24, 1949.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 14078078
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Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some of the crews are shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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He resided in Dixon County, Tennessee prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 13, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was noted as being employed as a Insurance Salesmen and also as Married.
Mack was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 24, 1949.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 14078078
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Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some of the crews are shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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Mack served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225), 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Dixon County, Tennessee prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 13, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was noted as being employed as a Insurance Salesmen and also as Married.
Mack was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 24, 1949.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 14078078
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some of the crews are shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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He resided in Dixon County, Tennessee prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 13, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was noted as being employed as a Insurance Salesmen and also as Married.
Mack was "Killed In Action", along with his entire crew, when his plane was shot down while on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany to bomb a Ball Bearing Plant. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated here on June 24, 1949.
The 91st Bomber Group lost 11 B-17's on this mission.
Service # 14078078
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew of B-17 "Stormy Weather" (#42-5225):
Comac, Peter, T/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Klopolsky, John R., T/Sgt, Radio-Op, California
Mitts, Homer J., Sgt, Waist Gunner, Tennessee
Primeau, Donald, 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Massachusetts
Sparman, Dick L., S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, Montana
Von Der Heyde, Don S., 2nd Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Walton, Mack D., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Wannemacher, William, S/Sgt, Ball Gunner, New York
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Seven of the other 10 B-17's Lost on this mission:
( Some of the crews are shown under below Crew Member's record )
Coppage, Everet A., 2nd Lt, "The Sky Wolf II" (#42-29574)
Beasley, Harold H., 1st Lt, "Thunderbird" (#42-5172)
Lindsey, Nathan F., 1st Lt, "Short Snorter III" (#42-5337)
Sandoff, Nick, S/Sgt, "Rain of Terror" (#42-5391)
Warner, Harry K., Jr., 2nd Lt, "The Eagle's Wrath" (#41-24524)
Weieneth, Arlynn E., 1st Lt, "Frank's Nightmare" (#42-5437)
Wilson, John W., 1st Lt, "Hellsapoppin" (#41-24459)
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