Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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15 Aug 44 | Bombing | Vechta Airfield | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | H | 42-95157 | U8-H | 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 return flight | Nyetrijne | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | V.W. | Munroe | O-750818 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | H.E. | Haseman | O-820758 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | T.H. | Crowley | O-716371 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Bombardier | 2/Lt. | C.D. | Welde | O-717121 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | F-1-25 | ||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | F. | Kayden | 13084055 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | A-3-17 | ||
Radio Operator | T/Sgt. | S.N. | Reiter | 13170854 | USAAF | EVD | - | |||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | J.A. | Ehredt | 33568833 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Left Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | W.J. | Weisner | 15383151 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | D.R. | Estle | 37652527 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | B-5-17 | ||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | G.D. | Bowles | 39275720 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | A-4-21 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Version October, 2022