Casualty Report from June 5, 1944
Detail
MACR: 05384
Target: Abbeville, France
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: A/C was hit by ground to air ground rocket, banked right and sheared off the tail of ship 591 of the same squadron. The nose of 095 was torn off by the collision - 095 crashed into the English Channel about 15 km off Hardelot near Boulogne, France.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 10:15
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-107095
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: XR-F
Pilot: Capt Mark V. Wilson | O-741498
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded and captured on Hardelot beach
Copilot: 2Lt Donald J. Roth | O-818756
POS: CP
Status: KIA
State: Oklahoma
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
NAV: 1Lt John T. Johnston | O-691762
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: New York
Notes: Buried in US Military Cemetery at St. Andre/Evreux - Final Internment - USA
BOM: 1Lt Ralph A. Kroenke | O-688708
POS: BOM
Status: KIA
State: Wisconsin
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
ROG: TSgt Eugene B. Sweeney | 12190208
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured on Boulogne beach
TTE: TSgt John W. McAuliffe | 32280729
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured near Hardelot beach
BTG: SSgt Donald M. Rohasek | 16149982
POS: BTG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured 6 km south of Boulogne
RWG: SSgt Glover Nall | 34362604
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured on Hardelot beach - wounded and hospitalized by the Germans
LWG: SSgt William E. Moreland | 39021182
POS: LWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded and hospitalized by the Germans
TG: SSgt Cecil G. Davis | 39555544
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured 6 km south of Boulogne
EX1: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A
POS: N/A
Status: N/A
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
EX2: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | N/A
POS: N/A
Status: N/A
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
Crew Notes
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Report Notes
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