Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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7 May 44 | Bombing | Berlin | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Boeing | B-17 Flying Fortress | G | 42-38161 | FR- | 379BG/525BS | USAAF | Kimbolton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1312 | Engine trouble No. 4. Prop came off and damaged No.3 | Crash landed near Nijelamer | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | C.E. | Darnell | O-805410 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | J.E. | Jones | O-693054 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | R.M. | Bistline | O-694314 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | W.J. | Tyson | O-754987 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | J.R. | Wilson | 17071288 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Radio Operator | T/Sgt. | T.W. | Wilkens | 35526689 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | Sgt. | W.H. | Snider | 15282253 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | L.P. | Rule | 35537208 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | T.P. | Reilly | 32784980 | USAAF | EVD | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | MACR 4559; 'Sporen in de lucht' by Ab. A. Jansen |
Version October, 2022