B-25 Combat Pilot, Lt Gustave Huttemann (Flying as Co-Pilot) KIA Shot-down at Sea on 1 Feb. 1944

HUTTEMANN, Gustave (NMI), 2Lt., Pilot, Enlistment Service #: 32253645
Officer's Service #: O-795748

KILLED IN ACTION on 01 February 1944~On a Sea Sweep Bombing Mission, Port
of Departure of Gambut, as the formation flew broadside, over a three enemy
ship convoy, it is believed that A/C # 42-64770 was hit by Flak as it was
crossing the ships. When last seen, it was burning at either the left engine
or the left gas tank. It crashed heavily into the sea about 30 seconds
later, nose down at about a 25 degree angle.

A/C # 42-64770 (MACR 2815)
P: Slater, Edmund N., 2Lt.~FOD
CP: Huttemann, Gustave (NMI), 2Lt.~FOD
B-N: Thorne, Dudley P., 2Lt.~FOD
RG: Pyles, Deane E., S/Sgt.~FOD
G: McConnell, Walter J., S/Sgt~FOD
TailG: Barneycastle, Todd (NMI), S/Sgt.~FOD

A/C Date MACR BG Model

42-64770 2/1/1944 2815 310 B-25

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946.
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 32253645 32253645
NAME HUTTEMANN#GUSTAVE####### HUTTEMANN#GUSTAVE#######
RESIDENCE: STATE 23 NEW YORK
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 045 JEFFERSON
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 2329 FT NIAGARA YOUNGSTOWN NEW YORK
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 14 14
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 03 03
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION BI# Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
BRANCH: CODE 00 Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other
emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise
according to law
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 23 NEW YORK
YEAR OF BIRTH 15 15
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 8 4 years of college
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 841 Unskilled occupations in manufacture of paper and
pulp
MARITAL STATUS 2 Married
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0487 0487

FILM REEL NUMBER 2.151 2.151

NOT INDEXED OR NOT LISTED IN THE ROSTERS OF THE WW II DEAD

U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946
Name: Gustave Huttemann
Date of Loss: 1 Feb 1944 0
Branch: U.S. Army Air Force
Rank: 2 LT
Service Number: O795748

Status: Missing in Action

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Gustave Huttemann
Death Date: 1 Feb 1944
Cemetery: Tablets of The Missing At Florence American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Cemetery City: Florence
Cemetery Country: Italy
WAR: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-795748
Division: 379th Bomber Squadron, 310th Bomber Group, Medium

Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Gustave Huttemann
Inducted From: New York
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 379th Bomber Squadron 310th Bomber
Death Date: 1 Feb 1944
Monument: Florence, Italy
Last Known Status: Missing

U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal; Air Medal

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source
Gustave Huttemann Jefferson County, NY U.S. Army National Archives
2 LT Gustave Huttemann ID: O-795748
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Jefferson County, NY

Status: FOD

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source
Gustave Huttemann NY U.S. Army Air Forces ABMC Tablets of the Missing
Gustave Huttemann ID: O-795748
Entered the Service From: New York
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 379th Bomber Squadron, 310th Bomber Group,
Medium
Died: Tuesday, February 01, 1944
Memorialized at: Florence American Cemetery
Location: Via Cassia, Italy

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Social Security Death Index
Name: Gustave Huttemann
SSN: 277-14-3180
Born: 19 Nov 1915
Died: Feb 1944

State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951)

findagrave.com
2Lt Gustave Huttemann
Birth: unknown
Death: Feb. 1, 1944
Note: Entered the service from New York.
Burial: Florence American Cemetery and Memorial
Florence, Toscana Region, Italy

Plot: Not Given

From: MACR: NOK:
Mrs. Fern I. Huttemann~WIFE
Sackets Harbor, New York
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