PUTMAN Warren L - 511 BS 351 BG

 

Warren Lee PUTMAN

 

putman warren Photo Source 1936 Kalispell Montana Yearbook
Photo Source 1936 Kalispell Montana Yearbook
ARMY SERIAL NUMBERO-675286 (19055516)
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1921
STATEMONTANA
FAMILYSingle
RANK2nd Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB before ENLISTEMENTSales clerksMT
DATE of ENLISTEMENT9 december 1941 Missoula MONTANA
SQUADRON511th Bomber Squadron
GROUP351st Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th Air Force
DATE OF DEATHMay 14, 1919putman warren l tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHBellevue en Kerbors, COTE D'ARMOR
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-5-BO - s/n 42-31179 DS*B

"Stinky Weather (Pooper Dooper)" 

Macr: 1980

b17

Mission: Bombing on Bordeaux (33) and Cognac (16)

Takeoff: 08h30 station 110 Polebrook NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Defeated by enemy fighters at 13:15 - Plane partially evacuated by parachute

tail code 42 31179

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

Initially buried in Lannion (22) then

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St James N°3578

st james

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY de St James

Map St James American Cemetery

PlotRowGrave
N117
DECORATION

 Air Medal

Purple Heart

Good Conduct Medal

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

American Campaign Medal

World War II Victory Medal 

 Pilot license

 

am 

Photo FDLM

Good Medal Conduite

EAMECampaign

american campaign medal

victory medal 

Pilote_Certificat 

 
 
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STORY
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-5-BO - s/n 42-31179 DS*B

"Stinky Weather (Pooper Dooper)"
2 Lieutenant Warren L  PUTMAN Pilot Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James 

O-675286 - AM/PH - Montana USA -

Initially buried in Lannion (22) T.18
Flight/Observator Thomas A IRVINE CoPilot Dead

T-001616 - 21 ans - Né le 11/05/1922 -

Initially buried in Lannion (22) T17
2 Lieutenant Irving SHWAYDER Navigator Escape

O-750224 - Born 28/09/1921 - Denver, Colorado USA -

Evasion with network Burgundy by Pyrenees/Espagne/Gibraltar

Come back UK 17/04/1944 
2 Lieutenant Jack R WOOD Bomber Prisoner

O-744444 - California USA - Injured, hospitalized -

Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
Sergeant Ray E PRATER Mechanic/Gunner Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James 

16074085 - PH - Illinois USA -

Initially buried in Lannion (22)
S/Sergeant Wesley Fleatus GREENE Radio Prisoner

34038643 - Born 04/10/1921 - North Carolina USA -

Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
Sergeant John J Jr GILSON Gunner Prisoner

12098583 - New York USA -

Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
Sergeant Robert Otis DIEHL Gunner Prisonnier

15323817 - Né le 25/12/1923 -

Stalag 1B Braunau Gneikendorf
Sergeant Albert R CUSTER Gunner Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James 

35410746 - AM/PH - Ohio USA -

Initialement inhumé à Lannion (22)
Sergeant Jack Duke McKINNEY Gunner Prisonnier

18217447 - Né le 02/08/1923 - Texas USA -

Camp inconnu
b17

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