Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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11 Jan 44 | Bombing | Halberstadt | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Boeing | B-17 Flying Fortress | F | 42-29993 | WW-K | 306BG/369BS | USAAF | Thurleigh |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1330 | Shot down by German fighters | Crashed Schalkhaar near Deventer | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | D.W. | Tattershall | O-746460 | USAAF | KIA | USA | Buried Golden Gate Nat Cem | ||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | W.E. | Grisham | O-682752 | USAAF | KIA | Ardennes American Cem | B-35-40 | ||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | J. | Cranbtree Jr. | O-807994 | USAAF | KIA | Ardennes American Cem | B-35-46 | ||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | J.T. | Whittle Jr. | O-673844 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Engineer | S/Sgt. | L.K. | Johnson | 33307771 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Radio Operator | T/Sgt. | J.A. | Hobbs | 33221042 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | C.A. | Melita | 32425145 | USAAF | KIA | Ardennes American Cem | D-22-7 | ||
Left Waist Gunner | Sgt. | E.J. | Sweitzer | 35034937 | USAAF | KIA | Ardennes American Cem | D-4-9 | ||
Right Waist Gunner | Sgt. | R.H. | Hegg | 37436962 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Tail Gunner | Sgt. | W.E. | Dodson | 15339049 | USAAF | KIA | USA |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Version February, 2023