Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 12 Oct 1944
Nathaniel Whitman.
Pilot · 328th Squadron · Of NY.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
1st Lt. Nathaniel Whitman (NMI) served as pilot of B-24J 42-50606 on the 12 October 1944 mission to Osnabruck.
Whitman was killed when the aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Osnabruck. German records from Airbase Headquarters Achmer confirm he was interred at the Prisoner of War Cemetery, Achmer, Row 2, Grave 114.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Serial Number
O-455162
Hometown
NY
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 12 Oct 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 674
12 Oct 1944
Osnabrück
M/Y
42-50606
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Achmer
Location
I 7 15
Burial
Row 2, Grave 114
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record