Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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8 May 44 | Bombing | Berlin | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Boeing | B-17 Flying Fortress | G | 42-97259 | GY-Q | 306BG/367BS | USAAF | Thurleigh |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1105 | Engine trouble, pilot tried emergency-landing but was shot down by Flak. | Crashed at Eursinge s of Darp near Havelte | Drenthe |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 2/Lt. | D.A. | Smith | O-687715 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | O-14-7 | ||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | A.E. | Camosy | O-736986 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | C.R. | Hawkins | O-703992 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | A.J. | Laura | O-741192 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | H-8-6 | ||
Engineer | Sgt. | M.M. | Miller | 36606465 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | K-5-6 | ||
Radio Operator | S/Sgt. | J.W. | Childers | 38466704 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | I-18-13 | ||
Ball Turret Gunner | Sgt. | G.E. | Krieckhaus | 17073979 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Left Waist Gunner | Sgt. | W.D. | Holder | 39556500 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | E.E. | Wright | 35763967 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | I-7-10 | ||
Tail Gunner | Sgt. | R.P. | Granberg | 32741189 | USAAF | KIA | USA |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | MACR 4556; Research by Ab. A. Jansen |
Version September, 2022