|
2nd Lt Morris E. Clark |
P |
KIA |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| 2nd Lt
John J. Cudihy |
CP |
KIA |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| 2nd Lt Joseph W. Foote |
NAV |
POW |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| 2nd Lt Arthur E. Frankenburg |
BOM |
POW |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| S/Sgt Frank
J. Gerlach |
ROG |
KIA |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| S/Sgt Nelson J. Clifford |
TTE |
POW |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
|
Sgt Jame6 Buchanan |
BTG |
POW |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| Sgt Walter J.
Gursky |
WG |
KIA |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
| Sgt Ralph
E. Guhl |
TG |
KIA |
29-Jul-44 |
Merseburg |
A/C #43-37655 MACR #7812, Micro-fiche #2859. This crew joined the 100th Group
on 17/7/44. At that time, a Sgt. Ernest A. Johnson was on the crew as
NG - He CPT on 21/3/45. Lt
Frankenburg was not on the crew when it came to the 100th. Indications are that this A/C
exploded in mid-air near "Punschrau near Kossen" at about 1015 hours. The dead were interred in a
cemetery at Hassenhausen in graves #1 thru #5. This was the first mission for
this crew.
Sgt. Clifford stated as follows: Pilot ordered him to bail
out. He started for bomb bay
but fire prevented passage.
He returned to try the nose hatch and noticed Lt. Cudihy & Lt Clark
preceding him in that direction.
He then lost consciousness but assumed they had both been able to
make their escape from the plane.
Later evidence indicates some or all the dead may have been killed
by German civilians. |
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