World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Foster F. Nutter
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Calhoun County, West Virginia
Honored By
Calhoun Historical Society
INDUCTED JULY 14, 1943. RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING AT GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY'S MACHINIST SCHOOL, AKRON, OHIO; CHATHAM FIELD, GEORGIA AND TYNDALL FIELD, FLORIDA. SERVED WITH 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE IN ITALY AT B-24 LIBERATION BASE. FLEW AS NOSE GUNNER ON B-24 NAMED 'SPECHT'S WRECK II'. FLEW MISSIONS OVER NORTHERN ITALY, THE BALKANS, AUSTRIA, SOUTHERN GERMANY, SOUTHERN FRANCE AND PLOESTI OIL FIELDS IN RUMANIA. KILLED IN ACTION. HIS REMAINS, ALONG WITH THOSE OF CREW MEMBERS, ARE BURIED AS A GROUP IN U.S. MILITARY CEMETERY IN BARI, ITALY. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL.