Guthrie Bernie V Capt

Assigned Aircraft

KIA whilst flying P-38J CY-J 42-68048

Mission History

Not Known

Mission List

55th FG Mission #	Date	Target
7	22 October 1943	Cambrai
10	05 November 1943	Gelsenkirchen
13	10 November 1943	Montdidier Airdrome
14	11 November 1943	Munster
15	13 November 1943	Bremen
16	25 November 1943	Sweep - Lille Area
19	30 November 1943	Solingen
20	01 December 1943	Solingen
21	05 December 1943	Bourdeaux
23	13 December 1943	Kiel
74	15 April 1944	Jackpot
78	22 April 1944	Hamm

Air Scores

0-0-0

Ground Scores

0-0

Notes

MACR No. 04122
Captain Guthrie was killed by enemy fighters (FW-190) and no one saw him go down. He was on a bomber escort mission and was downed near Waldbrol, Germany. 1/Lt. Clair Penners was flying his wing and was also shot down by FW-190s and taken prisoner. Capt. Guthrie was flying as element leader for Tudor Yellow flight, (343rd FS). There was no German report of his crash. Capt. Guthrie was Assistant Group Operations Officer. He was an accomplished artist and did a lot of the art work for the pilot's airplanes.
Capt. Guthrie is buried at Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis, Washington.
Reproduced with kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield from the author's book Double Nickel - Double Trouble

20 December 1943 - Awarded the Air Medal
17 January 1944 - Awarded 1st Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
28 January 1944 - Awarded 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
23 February 1944 - Awarded 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
07 March 1944 - Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
15 April 1944 - Credited with destroying 2 Locomotives and an Oil Barge

Memories