Casualty Report from July 20, 1944
Detail
MACR: 07414
Target: Merseburg, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Flak hit between the No. 2 engine and the fuselage on the bomb run. The propellers on the left side both ran away but there was no fire. The aircraft left the formation and returned with escorts from the 361st Fighter Group. 564 made an emergency landing about 10 km southeast of Breda, Holland. The crews successfully set the aircraft afire. This B-17 was not a 100th aircraft and was on detached service from the 95th, a sister group of the 100th also in the 13th Combat Wing.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Time of loss: 13:17
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-97564
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Belle of Berlin
Aircraft Code: OE-F
Pilot: Capt Francis C. Kincannon | O-409811
POS: P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Chaam
Copilot: 1Lt Bernard L. Farnum | O-682835
POS: CP
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Chaam
NAV: 1Lt Louis H. Abromowitz | O-814034
POS: NAV
Status: Evaded
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BOM: Capt Robert E. Nance | O-666697
POS: BOM
Status: Evaded
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: TSgt Oscar L. Edge | 39549755
POS: ROG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Remained free for seven days and was captured near Antwerp 29 Jul 44
TTE: TSgt Daniel B. Deason | 15335693
POS: TTE
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Remained free for seven days and was captured near Antwerp, along with TSgt Oscar L. Edge, near Antwrep 29 Jul 44
BTG: N/A First, MI, Suffix Last Name | 00000000
POS: BTG
Status: MIA/KIA
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: SSgt Glen E. Snider | 37178141
POS: RWG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: SSgt Daniel M. Cargile | 38372191
POS: LWG
Status: Evaded
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: SSgt Robert D. Chavez | 39559984
POS: TG
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Captured at Antwerp 03 Mar 44
EX1: Maj Magee C. Fuller | 0169943
POS: CMD P
Status: POW
State: State N/A
Notes: Fuller was original 100th, came overseas in May of 1943. The popular Fuller was probably the last "Original 100th" airmen to be captured.
EX2: Capt Henry C. Giffis | 0809589
POS: RAD NAV
Status: Evaded
State: State N/A
Notes: Lt George E. Bonitz was an additional navigator on mission
Crew Notes
Captain Nance reported after the war, "A Gunner, Jerry Sorenson, Idaho, was killed when some of the evaders were fighting the retreating Germans around Brussels together with the Belgian Resistance. (This gunner was Sgt. Gerald E. Sorenson of the 96th Bomb Group who was killed September 3rd, 1944. Sorenson was interred in the Cemetery at Ganshoren. This cemetery is located in the northern part of Brussels, Belgium. Sgt. Sorenson is still interred in the original grave in this Belgian cemetery.) pw
Report Notes
The Crash site is in fact approximately 42 miles North North East of the city of Louvain Coordinates: 51°29'4.26"N 4°52'47.47"E
