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Pilot. Atkinson crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried by the Germans in Community cemetery of Reifferscheid.
1Lt Atkinson bailed out of the aircraft with Lt Dulberger. They spoke to each other while descending until they landed on opposite sides of a hill. Another crew member saw Lt Atkinson on the ground at a distance. He lost sight of him and then heard gunfire. German civilians reported to authorities that they witnessed Lt Atkinson's parachute fail to open.
Fremont, Tx
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Atkinson crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Bailed out with Lt Atkinson and kept within voice...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Atkinson crew. 381st BG, 533d BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XVIIA.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
June - August 1943. LWG, Atkinson crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft VIIA & Stalag...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Tail gunner/Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Hedin crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. B-17 #42-3223 "Red Hot Riding Hood" crashed on 14 July 1943. Mission #9 to Amiens-Glisy, France. T/Sgt Hanna was the only uninjured member of the crew. 6 KIA. 3 WIA. The aircraft suffered engine...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Atkinson crew. 381st BG,533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Prisoner of War at Stalag VIIA.
Philadelphia, PA
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Atkinson crew. 381st BG,533d BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Bairdford, PA
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Atkinson crew. 381st BG,533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Quantico, VA
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Atkinson crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Atkinson crew. 381st BG,533rd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in AC #42-29983 'Uncle Sammy'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 398. Killed in Action (KIA). Germans reported that S/Sgt McGoldrick's...
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20-Mar-43; Dyersburg 31-Mar-43; Presque Isle 10-Apr-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 12-Apr-43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-K] Grafton Underwood 24/4/43 GLORIA ANN; Andrews Field 13-May-43; Snetterton 12-Jun-43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-X...
17 August 1943
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Premont, Texas, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 17 August 1943 |
| Died | 17 August 1943 |
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| 06 November 2017 04:02:42 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography |
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| 06 November 2017 02:44:35 | ARowe95 | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 398 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 398 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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