Arthur Brittain
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #423231 'The Inferno. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Alfred Charles Nuttall
Military
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Richard Carrington Crew 384th BG - 545th BS - 8th AF Standing Left to Right: Philip Schmidlapp (TT), Walter Parkins (WG), Arthur Brittain (RO), Win Smalley (BT), Joseph Scholand (WG), Capt. Alfred Nuttall (Command Pilot) Kneeling Left to Right L-R: 1st Lt. Howard Cromwell (CP/OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Michael Smithwick (B), 1st Lt. Robin Taber (N), 1st Lt. Richard Carrington (P) Aircraft: B-17F 545th BS 42-30139 JD*O Snuffy (I)
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General Orders #41, 1st Air Division, 3 February 1944
Original 544th BS CO, member of original cadre to form squadron.
Transferred to Group HQ as Group Operations Officer on SO #38 dated 28 June in the shakeup following the loss of Group Deputy CO Major Selden MacMillin who was MIA on the 26 June mission.
Appointed to an AIRPLANE ACCIDENT COMMITTEE per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #114 dated 10 October 1943.
Resumed command of 544th Bomb Squadron on 20 October 1943 vice Major William F. Gilmore, per AAF Station 106 Special Order #123 dated 20 October 1943.
Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to the 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire (a Flak House) on or about 24 January 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #14 dated 21 January 1944.
Appointed as a member of a Flying Evaluation Board, to meet at the call of the President to act on such cases as might be referred to it by these headquarters (384th Bombardment Group) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #25 dated 6 February 1944 and amended per Station Special Orders #26 dated 7 February 1944.
Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earl, Hampshire (a Flak House) on 24 June 1944per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 24 June 1944.
Placed on Special Duty with Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bomb Group per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #156 dated 4 August 1944.
Succeeded as Squadron Commander by Major Gerald B. Sammons on 14 September 1944 per 544th Bomb Squadron Unit History.
Service
People
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Richard Carrington
Military | Captain | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #423231 'The Inferno. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel -
Howard Cromwell
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner/Observer | 384th Bomb Group
Ordered to the 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire for seven days Temporary Duty on or about 15 August 1943 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #70 dated 14 August 1943. ... -
Earl Mason
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-5051 'Barrel House Bessie'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Rescued and returned to base. -
Walter Parkins
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3231 'The Inferno', Killed in Action (KIA). -
Phillip Schmidlapp
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #423231 'The Inferno. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Joseph Scholand
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #423231 'The Inferno. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Winford Smalley
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 42-3231 'The Inferno. ' Killed in Action (KIA). -
Michael Smithwick
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 42-3231 'The Inferno'. Prisoner of War (POW). -
Robin Taber
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3231 'The Inferno', Prisoner of War (POW).
Units served with
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384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by... -
544th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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545th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
Headquarters
Aircraft
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42-102661 Big Dog
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Hunter 9/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-L] Grafton Underwood 1/5/44; transferred with group to Istres for mapping duties; Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/12/45. BIG DOG. -
42-107125 DOASY DOATS
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 1/3/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; 600BS [N8-G]; no ops, transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-G] Grafton Underwood 7/12/44; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF... -
42-107224
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group [SU-Q] Grafton Underwood on 6 June 1944; on a training flight, 3 August 1944 with Howard A. Jung, Navigator: Thomas C. Bates, Flight engineer/top... -
42-30033 "Little America"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned to the 547BS/384BG [S0-G] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43, then the 546BS [BK-G]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Maj Maurice Stanley Dillingham, Co-pilot:... -
42-30039 'Liberty Belle'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Q] in US; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-H] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 14/8/43; transferred Aphrodite Project 803BS RCM Knettishall 1... -
42-30139 SNUFFY
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered to Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Sioux City 30/4/43; Kearney 6/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 545Bomb Squadron/384Bomb Group [JD-O] Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 14 June 1943; Missing in Action on... -
42-31235 "GOIN' DOG"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Nashville 26/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-C] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 7/5/44 with Theo Goller, Co-pilot: Greg Martin, Navigator: Joe Cittandin, Bombardier: Gene Grilli, Flight... -
42-31364
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Grand Island 13/11/43; Wilmington 26/11/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 10/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Grover Seamon, Co-pilot: Herb Kohlston, Navigator: Jim Sulser, n/g-Sgt Ray Thompson,... -
42-37789
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 29/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 18/9/43; 1 BAD 23/10/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-H] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; t/o on training flight with Lt Col Alf Nuttall, Co-pilot: Alf Cole, Navigator: Harry Gantert, Radio... -
42-5838 Mad Money II
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 13/3/43; Denver 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 2/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-P] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Keil 4/1/44 with Bill Kaczaraba, Co-pilot: Myron Morgan, Navigator: Marvin Horsky, Bombardier:...
Missions
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VIII Bomber Command 67
25 June 1943
This mission was intended to be the first major attack on the industrial area of Hamburg, Germany but weather and contrails made fromation flying too difficult and dangerous. As a result, the main formation 197 B-17s from: 91BG (18); 92BG (23); 303BG ... -
VIII Bomber Command 68
26 June 1943
The targets for today are all Luftwaffe installations: the Villacoublay air depot SW of Paris, France is the primary; the airfield at Poissy, France is attacked as the secondary because of cloud cover; the airfield at Tricqueville, France; and the... -
VIII Bomber Command 70
29 June 1943
1st Bomb Wing despatches two formations: one has the air depot at Villacoublay, France as their primary; and one has the Luftwaffe airfield at Tricqueville, France as their primary. ... -
VIII Bomber Command 76
25 July 1943
This mission was composed of three elements. The primary targets were the diesel engine works at Hamburg, Germany; the shipyards at Kiel, Germany and the aircraft industries at Warnemude, Germany, but weather frustrated the effort. The first element... -
VIII Bomber Command 87
27 August 1943
This mission is the first attack by the USAAF on suspected V-Weapon sites. The German development of pilotless winged aircraft was first divulged to the British just shortly after the beginning of World War II in two letters sent to the British embassy... -
VIII Bomber Command 106
2 October 1943
This mission is composed of three elements, two or which are directed at the industrial areas of Emden, Germany and the other at the German airfield at Woensdrecht, Holland. The first element is a formation of 163 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division which... -
VIII Bomber Command 116
20 October 1943
The primary target for this mission is the industrial areas of Duren, Germany. The mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a combined formation of 103 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division that includes: 91BG (3); 92BG (14); 303BG (19);... -
VIII Bomber Command 154
13 December 1943
The port areas at Bremen and Kiel, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. This is the first mission where more than 600 aircraft are despatched. This mission is comprised of 8 elements. The first element consists 182 B-17s from: 91BG (31);... -
8th Air Force 174
4 January 1944
The port area of Kiel, Germany and the railroad marshalling yards at Munster, Germany are the Primary targets of this Mission which is organised as two elements: one going to Kiel and the other to Munster. Roger A. Freeman begins to designate aircraft... -
8th Air Force 187
21 January 1944
This mission is directed at 36 V-Weapon sites (34 in the Pas-de-Calaise area and 2 in the Chrebourg area of France) 24 of these are bombed successfully. All three Bomb Divisions participate in the attacks and the bomber gunners claimed 5-1-2 of...
Associated Place
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Aberdeen, WA | 23 January 1918 |
| Lived in | Montesano, WA | 1942 |
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718 Pioneer Avenue |
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| Assigned to the 544th BS | Gowen Army Airfield, Boise, ID | 28 December 1942 |
| Died | Los Angeles, CA | 23 March 1962 |
| Buried | Santa Monica, CA | 31 December 1962 |
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Woodlawn Cemetery |
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Revisions
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| 29 October 2020 23:45:44 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 September 2016 09:14:47 | Lucy May | Changes to role and aircraft associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=n... |
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