Casualty Report from July 13, 1944
Detail
MACR: 07501
Target: Munich, Germany
Base: Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England
Crash: Destroyed by flak in the target area - left the formation at 1025 hours, leaking fuel with the No. 1 engine feathered. Bombs were dropped on the target. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Emmenbrucke, Switzerland. The entire crew were immediately interned.
Squadron: 350th BS - 100th BG(H)
Aircraft
Aircraft #: 42-31074
Aircraft Type: B-17G
Aircraft Name: Cahepit
Aircraft Code: LN-Q
Pilot: 2Lt Donald A. Waters | O-759742
POS: P
Status: Interned
State: California
Notes: Donald A. Waters escaped from Switzerland under trying circumstances. He is well known in the 100th and among WWII Historians, the author of "Switzerland, Hitler's Secret Ally", among other works dealing with the air war in Europe. Waters refused to accept being interned in Switzerland and escaped on his second attempt.
Copilot: 2Lt William H. Conselman | O-785836
POS: CP
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
NAV: 1Lt Alfred M. Shearer | O-733477
POS: NAV
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: Lt. Shearer died August 19th, 1944 when he fell from a hotel balcony in Davos-Platz. He was buried two days later in the Cemetery of Munsingen near Bern and returned to the US. - Final Internment - Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia - USA
BOM: 2Lt Robert B. Crow | O-769102
POS: BOM
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
ROG: SSgt Bert D. Pollock | 13129124
POS: ROG
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TTE: SSgt Andrew Chianis | 39576644
POS: TTE
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
BTG: SSgt Christopher W. Hoops | 32431093
POS: BTG
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
RWG: Sgt Paul Annin | 13171103
POS: RWG
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
LWG: Sgt Kenneth G. Youngren | 16081667
POS: LWG
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
TG: Sgt Harry P. Bellemare | 31281340
POS: TG
Status: Interned
State: State N/A
Notes: No notes on this crewmember
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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