Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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22 Dec 43 | Bombing | Münster | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | H | 42-7533 | QK- | 44BG/66BS | USAAF | Shipdham |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1430 | Tail section was shot off by German fighters | Spun in at Hammerflier near Den Ham | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | W.W. | Oakley | O-740893 | USAAF | KIA | USA | Golden Gate Nat Cem | ||
Co-Pilot | 1/Lt. | R.K. | Collins | O-393514 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Navigator | 1/Lt. | F.D. | Powers | O-674524 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Bombardier | T/Sgt. | J.W. | Christian | 14266875 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Bombardier | S/Sgt. | A. | Fleischman | 32109819 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | J.F. | Byers | 37252619 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | R.F. | Smith | 17026292 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Left Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | L.R. | Weaver | 35401274 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Right Waist Gunner | Sgt. | A.C. | Timme | 12092338 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | W. | Sondag | 17068404 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | O-22-2 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 1713 |
Version October, 2022