Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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11 Jan 44 | Bombing | Brunswick | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | H | 41-28593 | CT- | 448BG/712BS | USAAF | Seething |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1215 | Shot down by German fighters and exploded in mid-air | Crashed at Lheebroek near Dwingelo | Drenthe |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | D.G. | Schumann | O-672220 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | H.E. | White | O-747535 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | I-10-1 | ||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | R.L. | Thurber | O-689693 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | J. | Biggerstaff | O-676535 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Engineer | S/Sgt. | H.E. | Smith | 34516429 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Radio Operator | S/Sgt. | J.M. | Hilton | 36281759 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | W.R. | Malwitz | 19175397 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Left Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | J.V. | Newton | 16034264 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | C. | Holzgraff | 18015585 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | I.H. | O'Dell | 39278598 | USAAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | MACR 2519 and 4164 (24.04.44 96BG413BS) |
Version September, 2022