Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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11 Dec 43 | Bombing | Emden | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Boeing | B-17 Flying Fortress | F | 42-3488 | 385BG/548BS | USAAF | Great Ashfield |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1247 | Damaged by Flak over target and attacked by German fighters on return | Crashed near Offingawier, 300 m from the Sneekermeer | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | E.F. | Pollock | O-799065 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | M.A. | Raim | O-749058 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | M.G. | Alexander | O-807958 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | M. | Weinstein | O-673435 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | H.M. | Barber | 13117748 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Radio Operator | Sgt. | M. | Schwartz | 32527497 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | Sgt. | W.M. | Husband | 12080317 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | O-21-4 | ||
Left Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | H.G. | Hall | 39146781 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Right Waist Gunner | Sgt. | F.M. | Harwell | 38445485 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Tail Gunner | Sgt. | J. | La Via | 32694148 | USAAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 1665; 'Sporen aan de Hemel' by Ab Jansen |
Version September, 2022