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MACR PILOT: 2Lt  Herbert G.  Nash  - O-738006
MACR: 00951 FICHE : 00315

ORGANIZATION
LOCATION: AAF Station #139 COMMAND: VIII AF GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
SQUADRON: 350th BS DETACHMENT:  
     

DETAIL
DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 INITIAL COURSE: ENE  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Bremen    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: CAVU    

GIVE
DATE: 1943-10-08 TIME: 15:00 LOCATION: Near Wildeshausen

SPECIFY:

Last Sighted

CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS
LOSS DUE TO : Other circumstances

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

Unknown

AIRCRAFT: 42-30840
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: F  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: 43-62574
B: 43-62594
C: 43-62595
D: 43-62329
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 396540
B: 397051
C: 397203
D: 397133		 E: 397302
F: 385187
G: 384853
H: 660365		 I: 563036
J: 405668
K: 397015
L: 396954

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 Herbert G.  Nash 2Lt O-738006
CP Robert E. Speas 2Lt O-680746
NAV (N) John P. Hart 2Lt O-683239
BOM (B) Vernon N. Hogsett 2Lt O-741521
RAD Thomas B. Dilts SSgt 15322732
ENG Patrick J. Neilon SSgt 6779574
BAL Thaddeus L. Kirkpatrick Sgt 34365461
WG (W) Stanley Nowakowski Sgt 32381970
WG (W) George D. Snyder Sgt 35336092
TG (T) Joe Bost SSgt 34038606

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

None
   

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Unknown OTHER: Circumstances of the loss of this A/C are known.  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: CLAUDE L. HOSFORD 1st Lt  Air Corps Personnel Officer  


DATE PREPARED:
  1943-10-12


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
350th Sqdn.. This was the third (3) mission for this crew, they had flown to Paris on 1 Oct 43 and Emden on 2 Oct 43
Hogsett (Lt Vernon N. Hogsett) stated after the war, "The engineer (S/Sgt Patrick J. Neilon) and I landed a small pond in a farmyard. With the assistance of German civilians I got Neilon to shore. He complained greatly of back injury, which I believe was caused when bailing out of the plane. There was no external injuries. I pleaded with the Germans to bring a doctor, but I do not believe they understood me. Sgt Neilon lost consciousness immediately and I firmly believe he died before the German Officer in charge took me away with the rest of the crew members.

The disabled plane had gone into a uncontrollable dive and apparently Nash, Speas, Dilts and Bost were unable to get out. The plane broke up near the tail wheel and Kirkpatrick actually fell from the ship at that time.

Hogsett, after his capture, was taken to the site of the crash and identified the bodies of Nash, Speas, Dilts, and Bost which had been thrown clear of the wreckage. German records show burial of the five dead at the cemetery of Hoya/Weser in graves #34, 35, 36, 37 and 38.