Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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14 Feb 45 | Bombing | Magdeburg | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Consolidated | B-24 Liberator | J | 44-40109 | RR-H | 389BG/566BS | USAAF | Hethel |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1630 | Hit over target, and was fired upon just off the Dutch coast. | Crashed into the Haringvliet | Zuid-Holland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | J. | Weiss | O-558545 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Co-Pilot | 2/Lt. | G. | Schaeffer | O-2000237 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | I.L. | Simpson | O-2000254 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Engineer | T/Sgt. | R.T. | Osborne | 34245496 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Radio Operator | T/Sgt. | C.F. | Hicks jr. | 13100446 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Nose Gunner | S/Sgt. | G.E. | Loeser | 36555308 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Left Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | M.W. | Gray | 34735728 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Right Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | H.G. | Jones | 13088501 | USAAF | POW | - | Bailed out | ||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | J.E. | Brown | 31257981 | USAAF | KIA | USA | Killed by small arms while parachuting |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 12340; Bishop & Hey & Cillessen & Franken, 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, January-March 1945', page 148 |
Version February, 2023