Casualty Report from 1943-10-10 |
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MACR: 01028 | AIRCRAFT: | 43-30725 |
TARGET: Munster, Germany | TYPE: | B-17F |
BASE: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England | NAME: | AW-R-GO |
SQUADRON: 350th BS - 100th BG(H) | AIRCRAFT CODE: | LN-Z |
CRASH:
Exploded after the crew bailed out in the vicinity of Lienen, just southeast of Osnabruck, Germany. |
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PILOT: Capt Charles B. Cruikshank - O-791077 |
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POS: P | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
NOTES: No notes on this crewmember |
CO PILOT: Lt Glenn E. Graham - O-797988 |
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POS: CP | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
NAV: Lt Frank D. Murphy - O-790276 |
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POS: NAV | STATUS: POW | STATE: Georgia |
Author of "The Luck of the Draw," a comprehensive history of this crew. Insights into life at Thorpe Abbotts and German POW camps in WWII |
BOM:Lt August H. Gaspar - O-762616 |
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POS: BOM | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
ROG: TSgt Orlando E. Vincenti - 13056384 |
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POS: ROG | STATUS: KIA | STATE: Pennsylvania |
Final Interment - USA (See crew notes) |
TTE: TSgt Leonard R. Weeks - 15071794 |
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POS: TTE | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
BTG: SSgt Robert L. Bixler - 39849177 |
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POS: BTG | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
RWG: SSgt James M. Johnson - 18051160 |
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POS: RWG | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
LWG: SSgt Donald B. Garrison - 16074721 |
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POS: LWG | STATUS: POW | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
TG: SSgt Charles A. Clark - 36336062 |
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POS: TG | STATUS: KIA | STATE: Illinois |
Final Interment - USA (See crew notes) |
EX1: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name - N/A |
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POS: N/A | STATUS: N/A | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
EX2: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name - N/A |
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POS: N/A | STATUS: N/A | STATE: State N/A |
No notes on this crewmember |
CREW NOTES:
Notes on this crew: Vincenti and Clark were initially buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Lienen - later moved to Ardennes at the end of hostilities.
REPORT NOTES:
Notes on this report: This is one of the 38 "Original 100th" crews, most of whom were lost in combat. There were many KIAs among this group of outstanding men. "Our Greatest Generation,"