Hugh F Fantone Jr

Military

With two engines damaged by fighters on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39994 'Barrick's Bag' headed for Sweden and landed at Bulltofta. Interned. He was picked to repair the American planes that had landed in Sweden and he worked for several months at Bulltofta, the Swedish Air Force field in Malmo. He was repatriated on 30 Sept 44 became a mailman upon his return to civilian life.

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Units served with

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

42-39994

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snort Stuff
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

20 November 1922

Other

Interned (INT)

Sweden 6 March 1944 - 30 September 1944

Died

25 July 2008 (aged 85)

Buried

Bushnell, Florida, USA Florida National Cemetery Plot: Sec 605, Site 1409

Revisions

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Added a connection to A/C #42-39994 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 49990205.
Added an Interned event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3031, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces