Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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21 Feb 44 | Bombing | Hesepe Airfield | Bag O'Bolts | |||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | H | 42-7764 | -B | 448BG/715BS | USAAF | Seething |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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Hit by Flak and fighters on return flight | Returned to Seething (UK) | UK |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | H.E. | Broxton | O-747201 | USAAF | SAFE | Britain | Returned to base | ||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | D.W. | Covell | O-811341 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | R.F. | Fauerbach | O-687825 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | C.E. | Sharp | O-746837 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Engineer | Sgt. | D.V. | Birdsall | 12171708 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Radio Operator | L/Cpl | J.K. | Corziatti | 18194485 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Ball Turret Gunner | Sgt. | K.C. | Tindall | 17127045 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Left Waist Gunner | Sgt. | R.E. | Hudson | 16162433 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base | ||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | H. | Kubinski | 36555495 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | H-6-18 | Landed in river Regge near Vilsteren. Initially buried Ommen | |
Tail Gunner | Sgt. | I. | Elba | 32711613 | USAAF | SAFE | - | Returned to base |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey |
Version October, 2022