U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-722753
Entered the Service from: Kansas
603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomber Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Bruce E. Phelps is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Chautauqua County, Kansas.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 641 Ellis, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Contact person listed as Mrs. E. R. Phelps, Olathe, Kansas. Place of birth listed as Olathe, Kansas on 04/02/1920. Middle name listed as Elbert. Employed by Beech Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas as of 07/01/1941 registration date.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Wanda F. Phelps (Widow)
2988 South Clifton
Wichita, Kansas
Navigator on B-17G-95-BO #43-38697 that collided with B-17 #42-97387 and crashed near Lehmke, near Gardelegen, Germany.
***I would like to thank Al Skiff Find A Grave ID 49788721 for adding his his photo of Bruce to this memorial***
***I would like to thank patootie Find A Grave ID 47974602 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-722753
Entered the Service from: Kansas
603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomber Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Bruce E. Phelps is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Chautauqua County, Kansas.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 641 Ellis, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Contact person listed as Mrs. E. R. Phelps, Olathe, Kansas. Place of birth listed as Olathe, Kansas on 04/02/1920. Middle name listed as Elbert. Employed by Beech Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas as of 07/01/1941 registration date.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Wanda F. Phelps (Widow)
2988 South Clifton
Wichita, Kansas
Navigator on B-17G-95-BO #43-38697 that collided with B-17 #42-97387 and crashed near Lehmke, near Gardelegen, Germany.
***I would like to thank Al Skiff Find A Grave ID 49788721 for adding his his photo of Bruce to this memorial***
***I would like to thank patootie Find A Grave ID 47974602 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
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