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ETTG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded. Buried in the Netherlands AMC.
Minnesota
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. 2Lt Sample bailed out as the aircraft began to spin and landed near Diepholtz,...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
LWG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft IV.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany, MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). T/Sgt Heintz was wounded in the aircraft prior to it...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded...
Military | Captain | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Sample crew. Squadron Navigator, 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Captain MacKay was demoted from Group Navigator to Squadron...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Togglier | 381st Bomb Group
Togglier, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action. the aircraft went out of control, started to spin and exploded. Buried in...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Sample crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29854 'Ole Flak Sack'. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1395. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft lost control, started spinning and exploded. Buried in...
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 Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base with Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; Missing in Action 1+m Bremen 8/10/43 with Art Sample,...
8 October 1943
The shipyards and industrial areas of Bremen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission, but cloud cover causes some formations to bomb targets of opportunity. The attacking elements have been summarized below:
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Cemetery
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Minnesota | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 8 October 1943 |
| Died | 8 October 1943 | |
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| 22 November 2017 04:23:25 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography |
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| 22 November 2017 04:08:04 | ARowe95 | Changes to service number, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1395 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1395 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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