Frederick A Hartung
Military
Rear L-R: Lt George V Stallings, 1Lt Keith O Bartlett, Lewis E Lyle, Lt Milton S Fonorow, 1Lt Samuel H Anderson, Capt Percy C Young.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Clayton S Balcombe, T/Sgt Gene K Smith, T/Sgt Frederick A Hartung, S/Sgt Tom McGiffin, S/Sgt Edward A Bradford, S/Sgt Robert H Sangster, T/Sgt Woodrow W Smith.
Object Number - UPL 42270 - "Crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Ooold Soljer". England, 28 March 1943." Rear L-R: Lt...
Assigned to B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soldier" [PU-C], 303BG/360BS as Left Waist Gunner as a substitute for SSGT Woodrow W. Smith on 17-Nov-42 and flew 3 Operations with that crew. (See Biography events).
Shot down 12 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24585 [PU-B] 'Wulfe Hund' while serving as Waist Gunner. Evaded, returning to England on 4-Mar-43. Transferred by to the United States on 10-Mar-43 for Honorable Discharge. Participated in 4 Operations (See Biography events).
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
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- Date: 17 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Asssigned to Unit |
Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA | 7 January 1942 | Assigned to the 303BG/360BS as a Waist Gunner at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 November 1942 | Assigned as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS as a replacement for SSGT Woodrow W. Smith. |
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Other Mission #1 TSGT Frederick A. Hartung, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soldier", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2 TSGT Frederick A. Hartung, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soldier", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3 TSGT Frederick A. Hartung, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soldier", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Evaded Capture |
12 December 1942 - 4 March 1943 | Evaded capture and returned to England on 4-Mar-43. His evasion is documented on Escape & Evasion Report #20 which may be viewed at: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-20.pdf | |
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Other Mission #4 TSGT Frederick A. Hartung, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. The aircraft sustained battle damage and the pilot made a crashlanding on a field in France. TSGT Hartung managed to evade capture. |
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Other Returned to US |
10 March 1943 | Returned to the United States for Honorable Discharge. Location not in source data. | |
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Born |
Essex County, Massachusetts |
Revisions
Corrected the spelling of the A/C (41-24585) nickname in the "Summary biography".
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Retutrned to US event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Lewis E. Lyle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-lyle.html
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG webiste, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Arrived at Station event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, personnel list: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Asssigned to Unit event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, personnel list: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Crew event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Lewis E. Lyle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-lyle.html
Lee Cunningham 8-Dec-2015. Added participation with 41-24559 and return to US to Summary Biography; made connection to 41-24559 and connection to all mission participations based on my research of 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian and Lewis E. Lyle crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-lyle.html
Lee C. Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #20 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-20.pdf
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.53 / http://www.303rdbg.com/lc026a.html#
