Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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15 Aug 44 | - | Vechta Airfield | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | H | 41-29449 | U8-D | 466BG/786BS | USAAF | Attlebridge |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1330 | Shot down by German fighters on the returnflight | Crashed in Verlaatpolder Steenwijk | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | J.S. | Archer | O-809346 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | M-2-2 | ||
Co-Pilot | 1/Lt. | T.L. | Bell | O-817617 | USAAF | KIA | USA | Buried Golden Gate Nat. Cem. | ||
Navigator | 1/Lt. | N. | Peck | O-703301 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | W. | Leslie II | O-1549986 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Engineer | S/Sgt. | E.B. | Philo | 36450215 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Radio Operator | T/Sgt. | D.E. | Mc Carty | 35723725 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | H.A. | Clark | 19000426 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Left Waist Gunner | T/Sgt. | W.A. | Lowen | 38327189 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | R.J. | Lehman | 38395312 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | J.M. | Capps | 18177210 | USAAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Version September, 2022