MACR PILOT: 2Lt Henry P. Shotland - O-794706 |
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MACR: 00680 | FICHE : 00224 |
ORGANIZATION |
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LOCATION: AAF Station #139 | COMMAND: VIII AF | GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF |
SQUADRON: 349th BS | DETACHMENT: | |
DETAIL |
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DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 | INITIAL COURSE: Regansburg | |
INTENDED DESTINATION: North Afirca | ||
MISSION TYPE:Operational |
WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT |
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CONDITION: CAVU |
GIVE |
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DATE: 1943-08-17 | TIME: 10:30 | LOCATION: Near Nuremburg |
SPECIFY: Seen to crash |
CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS |
LOSS DUE TO : Enemy aircraft |
OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:
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AIRCRAFT: 42-30002 |
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TYPE: B-17 | SERIES: F | |
ENGINES: |
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MODEL: R-1820-97 | ||
A: 43-57223 B: 43-57174 C: 43-57047 D: 43-57841 |
INSTALLED WEAPONS: |
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A: 313166 B: 313161 C: 312940 D: 313159 |
E: 311367 F: 458143 G: 311184 H: 313277 |
I: 492827 J: 313116 K: 313089 L: 311357 |
PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS: |
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CASUALTY TYPE: | Battle casualty | |
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD: | ||
CREW: 10 | PASS: 0 | TOTAL: 10 |
PERSONNEL:
POSITION | NAME | RANK | SERIAL |
P1 | |||
P2 | Henry P. Shotland | 2Lt | O-794706 |
CP | Charles R. Thompsen | 2Lt | O-743134 |
NAV (N) | Thomas J. Doran | 2Lt | O-574164 |
BOM (B) | William J. Harrison | 2Lt | O-733311 |
RAD | Edward M. Kussmann | TSgt | 37213844 |
ENG | Lloyd E. Field | TSgt | 18115944 |
BAL | Lawrence E. Capdeville | SSgt | 38312764 |
WG (W) | Roy L. Butler | SSgt | 18076941 |
WG (W) | John J. Keegan | SSgt | 32409161 |
TG (T) | Foster Compton | SSgt | 35446408 |
PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT
O. D. Roans | F/O | T-120216 |
Saw crash | ||
J. K. Justice | Lt | O-735390 |
Last sighted | ||
PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED
REASON: Parachutes were used | OTHER: |
EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH
Report: A/C #002 went down near Stuttgart. Entire left wing afire. As he went down A/C exploded. No chutes seen. (Owen D. Roane) A/C #002, on our right wing, hit by enemy aircraft at Nurnburg, dropped wheels. Four chutes seen. Big strip out of vertical stabilizer. Three enemy aircraft last seen attacking. (J. K. Justice) |
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Report: |
DESCRIPTION OF SEARCH EFFORT
DETAIL:No search made. |
PREPARING OFFICER
PREPARED BY: CLAUDE L. HOSFORD 1st Lt Air Corps Personnel Officer
DATE PREPARED:
1943-09-05
TRANSCRIBER NOTES
REPORT:
230002 was the number of the B-17 I flew to England in June of 1943, landing at Thorpe Abbotts. I was one of the first pilots in the 349th Squadron. I didn't have a name on the airplane. I flew seven missions ( the first seven the 100th made) and on my eighth, 002 was out of commission, so I flew another. We had three engines shot out over Regensburg on August 17, 1943, lost a lot of fuel, and ran out of gas about 70 miles north of Sicily trying to make it to Africa. The Mediterranean is a not recommended for landing B-17s. They sink. So somebody else inherited 002 and gave it the WAAC HUNTER name. I have no idea who. Since all the other original 349th pilots except one named Sammy Barr and the squadron commander went down before the Regensburg mission, I hardly knew the new replacement crews . I appreciate your interest in things of that era. Sincerely, Glen S. Van Noy