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2LT John Thomas Whittle Jr.

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2LT John Thomas Whittle Jr.

Birth
Death
11 Jan 1944 (aged 22)
Colmschate, Deventer Municipality, Overijssel, Netherlands
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 34, Site 4276
Memorial ID
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Bombardier aboard B-17F Flying Fortress
#42-29993.

Hit by flak, knocking off tailplane, on
mission to Oschersleben, Germany; crashed
De Wetering, near Colmschate, Diepenveen,
Holland.

Missing Air Crew Report 1935.

2nd Lt. Donald W Tattershall, Pilot
2nd Lt. William E Grisham, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James Crabtree, Jr, Navigator
2nd Lt. John T Whittle, Jr, Bombardier
SSgt. Leroy K Johnson, Flight Engineer
Sgt. William E Dodson, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Robert H Hegg, Waist Gunner
SSgt. Carmel A Melita, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Elmer J Sweitzer, Waist Gunner

Only the radio operator survived and was
taken as a POW.
Bombardier aboard B-17F Flying Fortress
#42-29993.

Hit by flak, knocking off tailplane, on
mission to Oschersleben, Germany; crashed
De Wetering, near Colmschate, Diepenveen,
Holland.

Missing Air Crew Report 1935.

2nd Lt. Donald W Tattershall, Pilot
2nd Lt. William E Grisham, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James Crabtree, Jr, Navigator
2nd Lt. John T Whittle, Jr, Bombardier
SSgt. Leroy K Johnson, Flight Engineer
Sgt. William E Dodson, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Robert H Hegg, Waist Gunner
SSgt. Carmel A Melita, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Elmer J Sweitzer, Waist Gunner

Only the radio operator survived and was
taken as a POW.

Inscription

2LT, 369 AAF BOMB SQ, 306 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II




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