Floyd Montell Wingate

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Ten men in Air Force uniform standing in front of plane. Four men standing to the rear and six kneeling in front

UPL 35008 UPL 35008 Richard Carrington Crew, 384th BG - 545th BS.
Standing Left to Right: Harvey Esty (CP), Richard Carrington (P), Michael Smithwick (B), Robin Taber (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Walter Parkins (TG), Joseph Scholand (WG), Arthur Brittain (R/O), Floyd M. Wright (WG), Winford Smalley (BTG), Phllip Schmidlapp (FE)

Crew of the 'YANKEE POWERHOUSE II'

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Object Number - UPL 35008 - Richard Carrington Crew, 384th BG - 545th BS. Standing Left to Right: Harvey Esty (CP), Richard Carrington (P), Michael Smithwick (B), Robin...

Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943. Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #423231 'The Inferno. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

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

545th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Arthur Edward Brittain

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13096046
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Richard Thompson Carrington

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-728581
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Walter Carl Parkins

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34124122
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-3216

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Joker
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-3230

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Yankee Powerhouse II : Mary Kathleen
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-3231

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Inferno
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.'

VIII Bomber Command 81

Date: 12 August 1943

VIII Bomber Command 79

Date: 29 July 1943

VIII Bomber Command 78

Date: 28 July 1943

VIII Bomber Command 72

Date: 10 July 1943

VIII Bomber Command 71

Date: 4 July 1943

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cooper, MO, USA	2 May 1918
Born	Clarksburg, MO, USA	16 October 1940
Enlisted	Jefferson Barracks, MO, USA	25 June 1942
Other Missing in Action (MIA)	Erfstadt, Germany	12 August 1943	Damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed Erftstadt, Germany. MACR 287
Other Memorial	Rue du Mémorial Américain, Plombières, Belgium		Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium: Tablets of the Missing