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TSGT Samuel Wayne Flatter

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TSGT Samuel Wayne Flatter

Birth
Clark County, Ohio, USA
Death
7 Jan 1944 (aged 23)
Bouville, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
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Radio Op. T/Sgt Samuel F. Flatter, KIA Springfield, OH
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 35406134
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt David L.Wilhite, KIA Owensboro, NY

Target: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1853
Date Lost: 7-Jan-44
Serial Number: 42-41013
Aircraft Model B-24D-125-CO
Aircraft Letter:K-
Aircraft Name: TROUBLE
Location: Bolbec, France
Cause: German (Fw190) Fighters 10 KIA, 1 EVD

The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft on this mission.

B24 41-41013 was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave" the low level raid to destroy Romanian Oil fields flown by the 506 Squadron 44th Bomb group.

The "TROUBLE " Crew
Major Kenneth M. Caldwell Command Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Wendell L. Daily Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Harold Roodman Navigator KIA
1st/Lt James J. McConnell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Harold L. Saunders Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel W. Flatter Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. George R. Caplinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles A. De Witt Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Max J. Snyder Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert H. Sweatt Gunner EVD
Radio Op. T/Sgt Samuel F. Flatter, KIA Springfield, OH
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 35406134
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt David L.Wilhite, KIA Owensboro, NY

Target: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1853
Date Lost: 7-Jan-44
Serial Number: 42-41013
Aircraft Model B-24D-125-CO
Aircraft Letter:K-
Aircraft Name: TROUBLE
Location: Bolbec, France
Cause: German (Fw190) Fighters 10 KIA, 1 EVD

The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft on this mission.

B24 41-41013 was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave" the low level raid to destroy Romanian Oil fields flown by the 506 Squadron 44th Bomb group.

The "TROUBLE " Crew
Major Kenneth M. Caldwell Command Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Wendell L. Daily Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Harold Roodman Navigator KIA
1st/Lt James J. McConnell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Harold L. Saunders Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel W. Flatter Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. George R. Caplinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles A. De Witt Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Max J. Snyder Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert H. Sweatt Gunner EVD

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Entered the service from Ohio.

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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358182/samuel_wayne-flatter: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Samuel Wayne Flatter (26 Jan 1920–7 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56358182, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).