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FLATTER, Samuel Wayne - Date of
birth
26 January 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Clark County, Ohio -
Hometown
Clark County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35406134 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner -
Unit
566th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 January 1944 - Place of
death
Bolbec, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 9 | 53 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph W. Flatter (father)
Frances M. (Corry) Flatter (mother)
M. Barbara Flatter (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-41013 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Trouble
Destination: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
MACR: 1853
More information
T/Sgt Samuel W. Flatter graduated from Pitchin High School and was employed at Ohio Steel Foundry.He enlisted on 8 June 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1943.
Went into a steep dive as the result of direct rocket hits in the nose from Fw 190s. It pulled out to a shallow incline and three parachutes were seen emerging from the plane. The plane then went into a steep dive and the eyewitnesses believe they saw the crash through ground haze at Bolbec, France.
He was buried at Saint-Cheron Chartres France.
T/Sgt Flatter was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. André, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Michel Beckers, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953 / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Arnaud Théron, Springfield News - 23 January 1944