Casualty Report from June 12, 1944
Detail
MACR: 05625
Target: Rosiers-en-Santerre, France
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by enemy anti-aircraft fire (AA) at 24,000 feet 15 km north of Dunkirk, France. No. 4 engine caught fire and the wing separated just outboard of the No. 4 engine. Aircraft went down in the English Channel on this crews first mission. Nine of the crew perished.
Squadron: 349th BS - 100th BG (H)
Time of loss: 08:59
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 43-37601
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Aircraft name N/A
Aircraft Code: XR-
Pilot: 2Lt John F. Ryan | O-758633
POS: P
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Oregon
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
Copilot: 2Lt Joseph H. Tobiczyk | O-806550
POS: CP
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvaina
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
NAV: 2Lt Hans J. Chorpenning | O-717183
POS: NAV
Status: KIA
State: Nebraska
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
BOM: 2Lt Carl S. McGinty | O-703508
POS: BOM
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Texas
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
ROG: TSgt George L. Sherback | 13088279
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Wounded - Captured on the beach of Dunkirk - Hospitalized by the Germans
TTE: TSgt Marvin F. Fenner | 16060081
POS: TTE
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
BTG: SSgt James F. Healy | 32783181
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: New York
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
RWG: SSgt Harold R. Whipple | 33589121
POS: RWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Pennsylvania
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
LWG: SSgt Archie J. McFarland | 36417760
POS: LWG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: Michigan
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
TG: SSgt Elmer J. Anderson | 39698527
POS: TG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: California
Notes: Commemorated on The Wall of the Missing in Ardennes.
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
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