Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3306
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
11 Jan 44 Bombing Brunswick Berlin Ambassador
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress G 42-37867 -E 388BG/561BS USAAF Knettishall
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1300 Shot up by fighters near Dümmer Lake Germany Crashed Boerendanserdijk at Berkum near Zwolle Overijssel
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot 2/Lt. G.G. Hoehn O-676798 USAAF KIA USA Initially buried at Ardennes
Co-Pilot 2/Lt. G.R. Owens O-684542 USAAF POW -
Navigator 2/Lt. D.S. Modarelli O-738871 USAAF KIA USA
Bombardier 2/Lt. L.E. Bauer O-744299 USAAF EVD-POW - Captured at Brussels
Engineer S/Sgt. C.C. Rigdon 36227710 USAAF POW -
Radio Operator T/Sgt. B.A. Wiberg Jr. 14066272 USAAF DOW Margraten B-17-21 Died in hopsital Apeldoorn 14 Jan 44
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. P.J. Zaskiewicz 36400753 USAAF KIA Ardennes American Cem D-6-42
Left Waist Gunner S/Sgt. H.S. Mann 39400512 USAAF POW -
Right Waist Gunner Sgt. E.W. Hicks jr. 31167410 USAAF POW -
Tail Gunner S/Sgt. G.F. Brinker 16122902 USAAF POW -
Wartime Records Background Info
- MACR 3140

Version October, 2022