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MACR PILOT: 1Lt  Stewart A.  McClain  - O-799814
MACR: 02760 FICHE :

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: SSE  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Regensburg    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: CAVU    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-02-25 TIME: LOCATION: Regensburg

SPECIFY:

Last Sighted

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

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

AIRCRAFT: 43-33780
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: 42-13212
B: 42-75013
C: 41-57165
D: 41-4527
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 364903
B: 385207
C: 384979
D: 384569		 E: 385269
F: 405314
G: 361402
H: 405485		 I: 334891
J: 385250
K: 384985
L: 385165

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 Stewart A.  McClain 1Lt O-799814
CP John D. McBride 2Lt O-681146
NAV (N) Phillip Mordkowitz 2Lt O-686289
BOM (B) Homer E. Glasco 2Lt O-674753
RAD Samuel H. Kuntz TSgt 16074336
ENG Angelo E. Fernandez TSgt 32437791
BAL Lawrence H. Bennett SSgt 35418652
WG (W) Claude P. Zukowski SSgt 13011028
WG (W) George Knudson SSgt 3938801
TG (T) William l. Cook SSgt 14142045

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

Elmer E. Ferbache 1Lt O-741417
Last sighted
   

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Unknown OTHER:  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

Report: 
"A/C hit by flak just after bombs away. Gasoline immediately began to flow back across the wing and the A/C began to fall behind the formation. ..Lt. Pearson
   
   
Second Witness: No Data  
Report: 

      

    





  
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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Personnel Officer  


DATE PREPARED:
  1944-02-29


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
Crew joined the 100th in early October 1943. On 25/2/44 Sgt Claude P. Zukowski was flying RWG and became a POW. S/Sgt George Knudsen was flying LWG and was KIA.  McClain, McBride & Bennett are buried at the Omaha Beach cemetery.