Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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7 Jul 44 | Bombing | Bernburg | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | J | 42-99966 | GJ-W | 44BG/68BS | USAAF | Shipdham |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1100 | Damaged by German fighters | Crashed near Valthe | Drenthe |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | T.L. | Weaver | O-693829 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Co-Pilot | 1/Lt. | W.B. | Shambarger | O-700998 | USAAF | KIA | Ardennes American Cem | D-11-28 | ||
Navigator | 1/Lt. | L. | Platt Jr. | O-706965 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Bombardier | 1/Lt. | R.E. | Read | O-699567 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | J.S. | Gniadek | 31258858 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Radio Operator | T/Sgt. | D.F. | Fahey | 37506294 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Left Waist Gunner | Sgt. | S.G. | Nalipa | 15324363 | USAAF | KIA | Ardennes American Cem | A-37-1 | ||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | M.L. | Crouse | 35631988 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | L.L. | Voigt | 19186262 | USAAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Version September, 2022