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| CAPT ROBERT M. KNOX |
P |
KIA |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
2ND LT JOHN O. WHITAKER |
CP |
KIA |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
2ND LT ERNEST E. WARSAW |
NAV |
POW |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
2ND LT EDWIN F. TOBIN |
BOM |
POW |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
T/SGT CARL T. SIMON |
TTE |
POW |
16-Sep-43 |
BORDEAUX |
S/SGT MALCOLM K.
MADDRAN |
WG |
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SEE NOTE |
T/SGT WALTER PAULSEN |
ROG |
POW |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
S/SGT FRANK W. TYCHEWICZ |
BTG |
KIA |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
S/SGT JOSEPH F. LASPADA |
WG |
KIA |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
S/SGT HENRY A. NORTON |
TG |
KIA |
17-Aug-43 |
REGENSBURG |
418th SQDN - ORIGINAL 100th BG CREW
CREW #36 A/C #42-30063 -- "PICKLEPUSS" -- MACR #677
MALCOLM MADDRAN WAS
REPLACED ON THE CREW BY SGT ALEXANDER MARKOWSKI WHO WAS KIA ON THE 17 AUG
43 REGENSBURG MISSION. THE TTE POSTION WAS FILLED BY S/SGT G. BARNEY FROM
THE LT CURTIS BIDDICK CREW.
SHOT DOWN BY ENEMY
FIGHTERS, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT "HERBESTHAL-LINTZEN-500 METERS WEST OF
SCHMALGAF." THE SIX DEAD WERE INTERRED AT THE CEMETERY OF HONOR,
EUPEN IN SECTION 16, GRAVES #218, #219, #220, #221, #222 AND #232.This is the 100th aircraft linked the "Gear Down Legend" incident.
Supposedly the lowering of the gear signaled surrender. In this case when
enemy fighters joined with PICKPLEPUSS the gunners fired on them. Thus the
Luffwaffe from that time on singled out the Square D aircraft and attacked
them with greater intensity than other Groups. This never occurred in
regard to the 100th. Martin Middlebrook has traced a similar incident to
another Group. He traced and interviewed the Luffwaffe pilots credited
with shooting down PICKLEPUSS and they refute the gear down theme and say
they never approached the aircraft with the purpose of leading them to
landing. (Adolf Galland, Commander Fighers Luftwaffe, had never heard of
any special attention to any Group until after the war.)..pw |
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