Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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16 Feb 45 | Bombing | Gelsenkirchen | Maid to Order | |||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Boeing | B-17 Flying Fortress | G | 42-97869 | IY-A | 401BG/615BS | USAAF | Deenethorpe |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1430 | Hit by Flak over Gelsenkirchen | Crashed Hardenberg - Rheezerveen | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | 1/Lt. | E.A. | Hansen | O-772360 | USAAF | KIA | USA | |||
Co-Pilot | F/O. | J.S. | Chuderewicz | T-4671 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Navigator | 2/Lt. | M. | Greenberg | O-1997849 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Bombardier | S/Sgt. | J.L. | Morrison | 17181731 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Radio Operator | Sgt. | J.V. | Del Torto | 32940850 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | K-16-8 | Initially buried Hardenberg | |
Top Turret Gunner | T/Sgt. | R.A. | Miller | 17155093 | USAAF | EVD | - | evader, hiding in Zuidwolde area | ||
Ball Turret Gunner | S/Sgt. | W.T. | Brunson | 38555031 | USAAF | KIA | Margraten | B-10-1 | Initially buried Hardenberg | |
Waist Gunner | S/Sgt. | A.A. | Karcher | 36751903 | USAAF | POW | - | |||
Tail Gunner | S/Sgt. | L.M. | Mc Knight | 34795493 | USAAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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- | Air War Bulletin 304, page 8-10; Casualty Report by J. Hey based on MACR 12444 |
Version September, 2022