Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3929
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
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
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
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
- MACR 8429

Version September, 2022