42-31128 Mohawk

B-17 Mohawk 447th BG UPL 84038 UPL 84038 B-17 Mohawk 447th BG

My grandmother shared this photo with me. My grandfather , John S Huff was the Navigator. 

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Object Number - UPL 84038 - B-17 Mohawk 447th BG

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 8/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 19/11/43; transferred 709BS/447BG Rattlesden /44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 20/7/44 with Gustavus Millere, Co-pilot: Don Erwin, Navigator: Dick O’Donnell, Ball turret gunner: John Scott, Waist gunner: Joel Wilson,Tail gunner: Reo Scott (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Lew Martner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Witek, Radio Operator: Roger Potwin (3 Killed in Action); flak set two engines alight, crashed Teutleben, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1769 (?7547).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald G Erwin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
John Schuyler Huff

John Schuyler Huff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Lewis P Martner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Gustavus H Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755593
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard W O'Donnell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

20 July 1944

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ContributorSarahWright
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This photo was shared by my grandmother. My grandfather was John S. Huff, Navigator of Mohawk. 

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Contributor447th Bomb Group UK
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447th Bomb Group UK Archive

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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B-17 Mohawk 447th BG

Object number: UPL 84038 - B-17 Mohawk 447th BG