Paul Edward Tull

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34325.jpeg UPL 34325 Paul E. Tull, photo supplied by nephew, Harold L. Tull of Indiana Don Madar Collection

Associated person record.

Object Number - UPL 34325 - Paul E. Tull, photo supplied by nephew, Harold L. Tull of Indiana

Bombardier, J. H. Alexander Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS were killed. Lt Tull was in B-17 #42-29992 "Connie" checking his instruments when he was struck in the head by debris from the explosion and killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Reinterred in the Cambridge AMC.

Hanover, IN

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736456
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11095163
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15320732
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37249675
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33281444
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29992) of the 381st Bomb Group damaged when a B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 43-0024) exploded, 23 June 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-34-36-381)(6-23-43)(A/C 229992 - Damaged by a/c 30024 - B-17F)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gnd. accident set explosion, 23/6/43. Sol debuis grand accdeu!'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flyin Hobo
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Caroline
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana 24 June 1918

Enlisted

Indiana, USA 11 June 1941 Fort Benjamin Harrison

Other

Killed in Service

Ridgewell, England - Station 167 23 June 1943 Caroline Explosion

Buried

Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial 26 June 1943

Based

Ridgewell 23 June 1943

Buried

Plot E Row 2 Grave 57

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Flew over to England on #42-30015 "Flyin' Hobo".
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone

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All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA - Enlistment records
ABMC.gov
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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