B17 crew "Hard To Get": a Virtual Cemetery

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B17 crew "Hard To Get"

On February 09, 1944 the B17 “Hard To Get” Bomber (Serial# 42-39977) crashed on take-off at about 0935 hours in a farmers field in Wymondham, England. The following crew members were KIA.

10 memorials

2Lt Eno Compton Jr. Veteran Flowers have been left.

10 Mar 1920 – 9 Feb 1944

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Plot A Row 3 Grave 7

SSgt Fred R Douglas Veteran Flowers have been left.

unknown – 9 Feb 1944

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Plot F Row 4 Grave 22

2LT Robert James Ettlinger Veteran Flowers have been left.

5 Oct 1920 – 9 Feb 1944

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Plot B Row 6 Grave 32

SSGT Leonard Paul Halphen Flowers have been left.

25 Aug 1922 – 9 Feb 1944

Cecilia, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA

Sgt Dale Winston Hood Veteran Flowers have been left.

3 Oct 1922 – 9 Feb 1944

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot info: Plot F Row 6 Grave 17

SSGT John Edward Schuetz Flowers have been left.

30 Sep 1921 – 9 Feb 1944

Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota, USA

SGT Marion Lee Shinpaugh Veteran Flowers have been left.

8 Oct 1919 – 9 Feb 1944

Palmyra, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

SSGT Ernest Alfred “Buddy” Taylor Jr. Veteran Flowers have been left.

25 Jan 1923 – 9 Feb 1944

Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Plot info: Acacia, Lot 3497 Space 2

2LT Randall Clayton Toye Flowers have been left.

29 May 1922 – 9 Feb 1944

Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Section R

2LT Arthur Norman Westrum Veteran Flowers have been left.

21 Oct 1917 – 9 Feb 1944

San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA

Plot info: SECTION B, SITE 536