Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3299
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
11 Jan 44 Bombing Halberstadt
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress F 42-30782 BO-S 306BG/369BS USAAF Thurleigh
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1330 Broke up in mid-air after fighter attacks Crashed Nijverdalseberg at Nijverdal Overijssel
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot 1/Lt. W.D. Reed O-742015 USAAF POW -
Co-Pilot 1/Lt. T. Brady O-802710 USAAF KIA USA
Navigator 1/Lt. I.E. Glaze O-670113 USAAF EVD - Returned UK 28 Jun 44
Bombardier 1/Lt. M.J. Dmochowski O-676926 USAAF POW -
Engineer T/Sgt. O.G. Owens 37426819 USAAF EVD-Killed USA
Radio Operator T/Sgt. C.A. Nichols 39082264 USAAF EVD-Killed USA
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. J.G. O'Connell 32447640 USAAF POW -
Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt. J.J. Gemborski 36608853 USAAF EVD-Killed Margraten M-4-6
Right Waist Gunner S/Sgt. A.C. Schaeffler 38149879 USAAF KIA Margraten B-17-17
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. W.W. Cole 16075471 USAAF EVD - Returned UK 28 Jun 44
Wartime Records Background Info
- Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 1931

Version February, 2023