GODSEY Warren D - 322 BS 91 BG

Warren D GODSEY

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

37534026

AGE

DATE OF BIRTH

STATE

MISSOURI

FAMILY

RANK

Sergeant

FONCTION

Gunner

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

SQUADRON

322^nd Bomb Squadron

GROUP

91^st Bomb Group

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

8 august 1944

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Lonlay-L'Abbaye

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-15-BO - s/n 42-31367 LG*R

"Chow Hound"

Macr: 8079
Mission: Bretteville-sur-Laize (14)
Take-Off: Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire UK - Remains discovered in 2002 by the ANSA 39/45
Hit by flak - Plane cut in half - the part before exploding in flight

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
D	16	11

DECORATION

Air Medal + 2 OLC

STORY

According to the official report when returning to the base of the other witnesses of the drama crews, August 8, 1944, at 13:10, the aircraft was flying in formation at an altitude of 4,250 meters.

He was responsible for thirty antipersonnel bombs of 150 kg each, intended to attack the German front line from behind for the enemy, then offered south of Caen, fierce resistance to Canadian troops and their was quitting progression.

As soon cross the liberated part, the Germans opened fire with their equipped DCA 88 caliber guns.

It is assumed that a shell reaches the full force bomber, severing the tail of the aircraft.

Out of control, the plane part spin.

Then a wing and an engine stand out from the fuselage before the aircraft plunged to the ground to catch fire, the bombs bursting under the effect of heat.

It was so sudden that the crew had no time to evacuate the plane and skydive. There would no survivors among the nine occupants.

The tail gunner was found still strapped to his seat.

This is the territory of the town of Lonlay l'Abbaye that the plane was shot down.

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-15-BO - s/n 42-31367 LGR "Chow Hound"*
1^st Lieutenant	Jack R THOMPSON	Pilot	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
2^nd Lieutenant	David J NELSON	Co-Pilot	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
2^nd Lieutenant	Charles F BACIGALUPA	Navigator	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
2^nd Lieutenant	Charles SHERRIL	Bomber	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
T/Sergeant	Blake A Jr TREECE	Radio/Gunner	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
T/Sergeant	Henry F KORTEBEIN	Mechanic/Gunner	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
T/Sergeant	Gerald F GILLIES	Gunner	Dead - Arlington Cem. Virginia
Sergeant	Richard R COLLINS	Gunner	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James
Sergeant	Warren D GODSEY	Gunner	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

Back Row - Left to Right S/Sgt. John K. (Judge) Callaway, Left Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. John (Boots) Weddle, Ball Turret Gunner; T/Sgt. Joseph E. (Bing) Bentzel, Engineer; S/Sgt. Richard J. (Sparkling Richard) Pries, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Charles L. (Chile) Nuse, Right Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. Roland R. Michel, Tail Gunner. Back Row - Left to Right S/Sgt. William J. Carlson, Bombardier; 2nd Lt. Joseph (Russian) Green, Co-pilot; 2nd Lt. Jerald L. (Newqie) Newquist, Pilot; 2nd Lt. Lamond J. (Buck) Bailey, Navigator. Photo contributed by Bob Pries

			Stele in memory of the crew of the "Chow Hound"

Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery