Paul Adams Sommers
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke.
Front : Paul Sommers, Henry Walker, Hugh McClatchey, Herb Brown.
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57842 - Sommer crew. 385BG. Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke. Front : Paul Sommers, Henry...
Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-5886 'Jolly Roger' 17-Aug-43; A/C crashed 2 km SW of Wosnadrecht, Netherlands. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 387A
His body was found near the plane together with his navigator McClatchey
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11038871 / O-794624
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31116392
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31128083
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801028
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37202639
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Jolly Roger
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Maplewood, New Jersey | 21 February 1918 | Son of Paul Bergen and Florence Adams Sommers. |
|
Died Killed in action |
SW of Wosnadrecht | 17 August 1943 | |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Section B ~ Row 20 ~ Grave 16 | |
|
Based |
Great Ashfield | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 387 A ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 387A