Dutch Airwar Studygroup 1939-1945

Loss Chart on: T3568

Day or Night of operation	Operation	Target	Nickname
8 Apr 44	-	Rheine Airfield

Factory	Aircraft	Mk	Serial/Wnr.	Call Sign	Unit	Air Force	TO/t	Airfield
Boeing	B-17	G	42-39856	AW-G	96BG/337BS	USAAF		Snetterton Heath

Time	Cause of the Crash	Crash Location	Damage	Province
1500	Damaged by Flak over target and attacked by German fighters near the Zuiderzee.	Ditched 13 km ne of Urk Island (section M-44)		IJsselmeer

Source	Mag / Page	Additional sources
Verliesregister 1939-1945 SGLO	100	Casualty Report by Jan Hey based on MACR 3651

Function

Mil Rank

Ini

Name

Hon

Mil reg

Air Force

Cemetery

Grave

Remark

Pilot	2/Lt.	R.H.	Gecks		O-808982	USAAF	Survived		Evaded
Co-Pilot	2/Lt.	F.M.	Deason		O-689306	USAAF	Survived		Evaded
Navigator	2/Lt.	P.V.	Lovero		O-744934	USAAF	Survived		pow
Engineer	S/Sgt.	R.E.	Denny		17154817	USAAF	Survived		Evaded
Radio Operator	T/Sgt.	C.E.	Hanley		37351998	USAAF	Survived		Evaded
Nose Gunner	S/Sgt.	L.F.	Welch		12166945	USAAF	Survived		pow
Left Waist Gunner	S/Sgt.	H.F.	Jones		33060255	USAAF	Survived		pow
Right Waist Gunner	S/Sgt.	P.E.	Miskinis		32739849	USAAF	Survived		Evaded
Ball Turret Gunner	S/Sgt.	L.H.	Rademacher		36584996	USAAF	Survived		pow
Tail Gunner	S/Sgt.	S.A.	Polito		32852598	USAAF	Survived		pow

Data on those who were killed from:	www.CWGC.org www.Volksbund.de www.abmc.gov	Design SGLO(V.1000104)
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