Donald Whitney Tuttle
Military
Associated people
Object Number - UPL 37034 - Part of MACR 1555, records those captured and interrogated. 2Lt Charles Joseph Spear Navigator of B-17 42-29663, shows DOB 7th Aug 1918.
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean conflict.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15074451 / O-728540
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18101835
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11043730
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36321105
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11051977
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Middletown, CT | 13 January 1919 | Son of Monroe Whitney and Laura Pierce [Blanchard] Tuttle. |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 18 December 1941 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Reims, France | 17 May 1943 | Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Glendale, AZ | 20 October 1968 | |
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Based |
Molesworth | 17 May 1943 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ | Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15555 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database