Staff Sergeant, 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38659, nicknamed "Mammy Yokum."
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Husband of Eva K. Bruder, 3707 Georgetown Road, Canton, Ohio.
Enlisted at Cleveland, OH, January 18, 1944.
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38659, nicknamed "Mammy Yokum."
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Husband of Eva K. Bruder, 3707 Georgetown Road, Canton, Ohio.
Enlisted at Cleveland, OH, January 18, 1944.
Staff Sergeant, 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38659, nicknamed "Mammy Yokum."
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Husband of Eva K. Bruder, 3707 Georgetown Road, Canton, Ohio.
Enlisted at Cleveland, OH, January 18, 1944.
Ball Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38659, nicknamed "Mammy Yokum."
On a mission out of RAF/USAAF Station 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England to bomb targets at Mannheim, the airplane was struck by anti-aircraft flak and crashed at Hockenheim, Germany.
Seven crewmembers were killed. The pilot and radio operator escaped.
Missing Air Crew Report № 11757.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Robert B White, O-828853, NY, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. John H England, T-129803, PA, Navigator
2nd Lt. Stanley R Kurtz, O2063256, OH, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Emmett B Clark, 38296738, AR, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William P Bruder, 35926686, OH, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Ray W Farrer, 39920382, UT, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Harold D Hainline, 35299701, OH, Tail Gunner
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Husband of Eva K. Bruder, 3707 Georgetown Road, Canton, Ohio.
Enlisted at Cleveland, OH, January 18, 1944.
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