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MACR PILOT: 1Lt  Charles S..  Harding  - O-757191
MACR: 07502 FICHE : 02732

ORGANIZATION
LOCATION: AAF Station #139 COMMAND: VIII AF GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
SQUADRON: 349th BS DETACHMENT:  
     

DETAIL
DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 INITIAL COURSE: E  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Munich    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: 8/10 to 10/10 clouds    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-07-13 TIME: 10:48 LOCATION: 4818N - 0730E

SPECIFY:

Last Sighted

CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS
LOSS DUE TO : Enemy aircraft

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

Aircraft crashed in Switzerland - Crew interned

AIRCRAFT: 42-107137
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: SW-012756
B: SW-012753
C: SW-012661
D: SW-007106
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 1295094
B: 1294879
C: 1191165
D: 716574		 E: 952891
F: 953004
G: 953205
H: 952885		 I: 1191187
J: 952385
K: 953180
L: 953346 (m) 952303

PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS:
CASUALTY TYPE: Battle casualty  
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD:    
CREW: 10 PASS: 0 TOTAL: 10

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1
P2 Charles S..  Harding 1Lt O-757191
CP Bernie D. Wilson 2Lt O-818788
NAV (N) Thomas P Hunt 2Lt O-711408
BOM (B) John L. Craven TSgt 31092359
RAD Thomas D. Miles TSgt 33454102
ENG Norbert A. Fike TSgt 16050488
BAL Norman D. Fuller SSgt 18192196
WG (W) Lester J. Henderson SSgt 19161907
WG (W) Wesley H. Peck SSgt 39038954
TG (T) Robert J. Buchanan SSgt 37257260

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

E.C. Jones 1Lt O-759638
Last sighted
R.L. Scott 1Lt O-759622
Last sighted    

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Unknown OTHER:  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

Report: 
"1025 hours at 4906N - 0937E, Lt. Harding called for a fix and said that he was down to 400 gallons of fuel to reach the Dutch coast which was at time an estimated 4 hours in distance. He stated that he was going to try for Switzerland. Then stayed with the group until 1048 hours, 4818N - 0730E."
   
   
Second Witness: No Data  
Report: 

      

    





  
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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Assistant Adjutant  


DATE PREPARED:
  1944-07-17


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
Crew was interned in Switzerland at Adelboden for 1month, then to Wengen for 6 1/2 months. (pw)