MACR PILOT: 2Lt Donald E. Cielewich - O-818603 |
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MACR: 07899 | FICHE : 02902 |
ORGANIZATION |
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LOCATION: AAF Station #139 | COMMAND: VIII AF | GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF |
SQUADRON: 350th BS | DETACHMENT: | |
DETAIL |
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DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 | INITIAL COURSE: E | |
INTENDED DESTINATION: Ludwigshafen | ||
MISSION TYPE:Operational |
WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT |
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CONDITION: CAVU |
GIVE |
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DATE: 1944-08-14 | TIME: 12:30 | LOCATION: 4934N - 0900E |
SPECIFY: Last Sighted |
CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS |
LOSS DUE TO : Enemy anti-aircraft |
OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:
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AIRCRAFT: 42-3413 |
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TYPE: B-17 | SERIES: G | |
ENGINES: |
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MODEL: R-1820-97 | ||
A: 43-6779 B: SW-002885 C: SW-22096 D: SW-010440 |
INSTALLED WEAPONS: |
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A: 396354 B: 396802 C: 396678 D: 396701 |
E: 503989 F: 396634 G: 394135 H: 395761 |
I: 395811 J: 362442 K: 362063 L: 868793 |
PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS: |
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CASUALTY TYPE: | Battle casualty | |
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD: | ||
CREW: 9 | PASS: 0 | TOTAL: 9 |
PERSONNEL:
POSITION | NAME | RANK | SERIAL |
P1 | |||
P2 | Donald E. Cielewich | 2Lt | O-818603 |
CP | Lenard E. Moen | 2Lt | O-711774 |
NAV (N) | Clifford J. Brown | 2Lt | O-559633 |
BOM (B) | John C. Cochran | 2Lt | O-703360 |
RAD | Benjamin M. Baldasano | TSgt | 33053006 |
ENG | Cyrenne L. Ropson | TSgt | 36226652 |
BAL | John L. Funkhauser | SSgt | 35224797 |
WG (W) | Herbert G. Klepp | SSgt | 32926389 |
WG (W) | |||
TG (T) | Henry J. Sytnik | SSgt | 35892337 |
PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT
F.J. Herres | 2Lt | O-464053 |
Last sighted | ||
H.R Radtke | 2Lt | O-815563 |
Last sighted | ||
W.R. Schultz | 2Lt | O-756315 |
Last sighted |
PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED
REASON: Original MACR field blank | OTHER: |
EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH
Report: "Just before reaching the I.P., A?C #413 salvoed it's bombs and dived away from the 100th "B" Group. Was last seen with one engine smoking low and to the right of the 100th "C" Group just prior to reaching the target. No Chutes were seen." Lts. Fred J. Herres, Howard R. Schulte & W. R. Radtke |
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Second Witness: No Data | |
Report: |
DESCRIPTION OF SEARCH EFFORT
DETAIL:No search made. |
PREPARING OFFICER
PREPARED BY: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Assistant Adjutant
DATE PREPARED:
1944-08-15
TRANSCRIBER NOTES
REPORT:
Crew names taken from mico-film casualty report; it is probable some of the above were evadees.stated C.L. Ropson in July 1990.