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MACR PILOT: 1Lt  Anthony J.  Gallagher  - O-754330
MACR: 07878 FICHE : 02888

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: East  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Magdeburg    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: CAVU    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-08-05 TIME: 12:24 LOCATION: Unreadable

SPECIFY:

Last Sighted

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

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

AIRCRAFT: 42-35572
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: 43-017634
B: SW-017287
C: SW-020081
D: SW-030055
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 1531442
B: 1531763
C: 1299467
D: 1531202		 E: 1531255
F: 1530936
G: 1530927
H: 1530808		 I: 1530645
J: 1530658
K: 1330549
L: 1299636 (m 1530904)

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

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1
P2 Anthony J.  Gallagher 1Lt O-754330
CP Gordon K. Bowen 2Lt O-815062
NAV (N) William F. Edmondson 2Lt O-752629
BOM (B) Ralph O. Ingalls SSgt 19176816
RAD Albert S. Prince TSgt 20404844
ENG Joseph A. Lucas TSgt 17159504
BAL Walter Wittendorf SSgt 32681411
WG (W) John A. Zaher SSgt 15377367
WG (W)
TG (T) Herman F. Herhamer SSgt 16075091

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

John P. Ricker 2Lt O-817750
Last sighted
Alf Aske 2Lt O-764584
Last sighted    

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Any other reason OTHER: A/C #572 disintegrated.  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

Report: 
"A/C #572 was seen to be hit by flak as bombs were released. The A/C disintegrated and no chutes were seen.
   
   
Second Witness: No Data  
Report: 

      

    





  
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PREPARING OFFICER


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


DATE PREPARED:
  1944-08-08


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
Later reports suggest this aircraft may have hit by bombs from another B-17 that destroyed A/C 42-37572; there is no confirmation of this and the fate of this aircraft will probably never be positively determined. (pw)