Morris Marvin Guttu
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.
Morris Guttu joned the National Guard in April 1940 being sent initially to Field Artillery School. He later transferred to Aviation Cadets and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 13th February 1943. He collected a brand new B-17 at Grand Island and flew it across the Atlantic arriving at Bassingbourn to join the 91st BG August 5th 1943. He flew seven missions before being shot down over Germany and being taken prisoner with three other members of his crew.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31012937 / O-676529
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13089935
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12011908
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20811758
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31139615
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA | 1 July 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, USA | 2 October 1941 | Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne WY. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 9 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Shot down |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
12 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Grand Forks, ND, USA | 17 May 2000 | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Memorial Park South, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND | Memorial Park South Grand Forks Grand Forks County, ND |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Morris Guttu.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database