Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3438A
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
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
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
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
- Casualty Report by Jan Hey

Version October, 2022