Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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23 Mar 44 | Bombing | Achmer Airfield (G) | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | H | 42-52587 | 2U- | 466BG/785BS | USAAF | Attlebridge |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0950 | Mid-air collision with 41-29466 | Crashed near Boschwijde e of St. Jansklooster | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | R.L. | Garrett | O-803596 | USAAF | EVD-Killed | Belgium | Private Cem | ||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | B.B. | Boyer | O-808939 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | R.D. | Beukelman | O-698641 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | G.R. | Russell jr. | O-693531 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | J-9-7 | ||
Engineer | S/Sgt. | J.J. | Laurich | 39549631 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | P-2-15 | ||
Radio Operator | S/Sgt. | B.H. | King | 15382154 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | Sgt. | J.R. | Eaton | 14147637 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | I-11-10 | ||
Left Waist Gunner | Sgt. | O.S. | Good | 14182501 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | H-9-20 | ||
Right Waist Gunner | Sgt. | M.E. | Thompson | 34724732 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | C.P. | Miller | 37221024 | USAAF | EVD-POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 3455; Archives Zwartsluis and Vollenhove. |
Version October, 2022