Paul Henry Fetterhoff

Military

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Flew in B-17 #42-31083 'Tenny Belle' for most of his missions. ETD



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Re-enlisted in USAF, aboard B-29 on nav mission out of Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, AZ, crashed fatally on Hawks Mt, Perkinsfield, VT Died in Service (DIS).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tenny Belle
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Anita Marie / Mehitabel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aphrodite
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Antrim, PA 16 March 1915 Son of Mary J Fetterhoff.

Enlisted

Shreveport, LA 20 November 1945 Shreveport, Louisiana

Died

Perkinsfield, VT 15 June 1947 Crashed in B-29 #44-62228, 64BS, 43BG on Hawks Mt, Perkinsfield, VT Died in Service (DIS).

Buried

Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY 20 June 1947 Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF