Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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21 Feb 44 | Bombing | Diepholz | Crazy Horse | |||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Boeing | B-17 Flying Fortress | F | 42-30280 | MI-L | 482BG/812BS | USAAF | Alconbury |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1545 | Engine trouble after bombing. Was attacked by Fw 190 | Crashed in IJsselmeer 13 km ne of Bunschoten | Flevoland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | R.W. | Holcombe | O-677742 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | H-16-4 | Initially buried at Amersfoort | |
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | J.W. | Baber | O-682761 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Co-Pilot | Capt. | G.D. | Binks | O-662727 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Navigator | 1/Lt. | C.A. | Haupt | O-432504 | USAAF | EVD | - | Liberated in Belgium | ||
Navigator | 1/Lt. | E.H. | Horner Jr. | O-724647 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | J.D. | Punches | O-682366 | USAAF | EVD | - | Returned to UK | ||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | W.H. | Barrett | O-683105 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | T.D. | Kennedy | 18189754 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Radio Operator | S/Sgt. | S.F. | Martin | 39108878 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | H. | Raemer Jr. | 13137183 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Left Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | H.M. | Booth | 06578178 | USAAF | EVD | - | Returned to UK | ||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | B.W. | Long | 39854150 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | W.M. | Blake | 32284616 | USAAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 2470 and 2471 |
Version March, 2023