Casualty Report from 1944-07-28 09:15 |
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MACR: 07880 | AIRCRAFT: | 42-97555 |
TARGET: Merseburg, Germany (Leuna Oil Refinery) | TYPE: | B-17G |
BASE: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England | NAME: | " Dan Boone" |
SQUADRON: 350th BS - 100th BG(H) | AIRCRAFT CODE: | ??-F |
CRASH:
Destroyed by flak 17 km north of Dillenburg, Germany. Un-controllable fires in the No. 3 engine, waist and radio room. The aircraft was completely destroyed on impact. Two of the crew were killed. |
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PILOT: 1Lt James B. Noble - O-753812 |
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POS: P | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
NOTES: Captured at Gundersdorf 29 Jul 44 |
CO PILOT: 1Lt Robert P. Lipps - O-818896 |
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POS: CP | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
Captured near Netphen |
NAV: 1Lt Robert W. Barry - O-704576 |
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POS: NAV | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
Captured at Weidlbach; wounded and hospitalized by the Germans at Herborn |
BOM:2Lt Marcus M. Hertz - O-700104 |
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POS: BOM | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
Captured at Holzhausen |
ROG: TSgt Russell F. Ellis - 11071717 |
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POS: ROG | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No record of his capture |
TTE: TSgt Frank Cruz - 38362903 |
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POS: TTE | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
Captured near Siegen |
BTG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name - 00000000 |
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POS: BTG | STATUS: MIA/KIA | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
RWG: SSgt Arthur L. Roberts - 36302434 |
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POS: RWG | STATUS: KIA | STATE: Illinois |
Badly burned inside the aircraft. Interred in Ardennes Plot D-9-211 - Final Internment - USA |
LWG: SSgt William P. McNally - 32975636 |
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POS: LWG | STATUS: KIA | STATE: New Jersey |
Initally buried in the Cemetery of Rudersdorf - move the Ardennes C-7-153 - Final Internment - USA |
TG: SSgt Frederick E. Swartz - 39037688 |
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POS: TG | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
Captured at Hainchen |
EX1: Capt Floyd H. Mason - 0-413234 |
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POS: CMD P | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
Captured 2 km south of Oberdielfen |
EX2: 1Lt Edmund J. Kauffman - 0-698725 |
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POS: RAD NAV | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
CREW NOTES:
Notes on this crew N/A
REPORT NOTES:
Notes on this report N/A